Indian shares fell for a second straight session on Wednesday, with banks and financials leading losses.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed 254.33 points, or 0.43 percent, lower at 59,413.27 after seeing brisk recovery from intra-day lows in afternoon deals.
The broader NSE Nifty index ended the session down 37.30 points, or 0.21 percent, at 17,711.30.
Mortgage lender HDFC paced the declines to end down more than 2 percent, followed by Kotak Bank, Asian Paints, UltraTech Cement and Eicher Motors.
PSU stocks extended gains from the previous session, with Power Grid Corp, Coal India and NTPC all surging around 6 percent.
Globally, other Asian markets followed Wall Street lower while European stocks rebounded after suffering their biggest percentage decline since mid-July the previous day.
Market Analysis
Sensex, Nifty End Lower For Second Day
2021-09-29 11:05:20
