MARKET LIVE: Sensex volatile ahead of F&O expiry; broader mkts underperform

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Benchmark indices had been investing decrease for the fifth straight session on Thursday amid expanding problems above the spread of novel coronavirus outside China and ahead of the expiry of the February series spinoff contracts nowadays.

The S&P BSE Sensex was down 270 factors, or .sixty eight for each cent, at 39,619 stages. HCL Tech, TCS, Mahindra & Mahindra, and HDFC Lender (all down one%) had been the top rated laggards in the Sensex pack.

The broader Nifty50 index hovered about the eleven,600 stage, down 88 factors, or .seventy six for each cent.

All the Nifty sectoral indices had been in the purple. Nifty Steel index, down 2 for each cent, bled the most.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index crashed a hundred seventy five factors, or one.16 for each cent, and the S&P BSE SmallCap index was down 228 factors, or one.fifty nine for each cent.

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