The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 60,614 levels today, down by 420 points or 0.69 per cent. It had hit a low of 60,425.47 during the day.
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, fell 121 points, or 0.66 per cent, to shut shop at 18,036. The index breached below the 18,000-mark during the day to hit a low of 17,969.40.
25 of the Sensex constituents, and 39 of the Nifty50 constituents settled in the negative zone led by Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, M&M, Titan, Grasim, Bajaj Finance, Apollo Hospitals, and IndusInd Bank. Hero MotoCorp, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, and Dr Reddy's Labs, meanwhile, eked out gains up to 2.6 per cent.