Even as the Sensex extended its rally for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, climbing 94.05 points or 0.14 per cent to settle at 67,221.13, the mid and small-caps saw heavy profit booking, declining as much as 4 per cent. In a heavily volatile session, Nifty ended marginally lower after scaling its fresh all-time high of 20,110.15, amid mixed global market trends.
The BSE midcap fell 2.96 per cent of 980.03 points to settle at 32,084.93, while the smallcap declined by 4.02 per cent or 1,550.66 points. This is the steepest fall in these two indices in 2023.
BSE Sensex climbed 94.05 points or 0.14 per cent to settle at 67,221.13. During the day, it jumped 412.02 points or 0.61 per cent to 67,539.10.
Barring Information Technology, there was heavy selling across sectors. Among the Sensex firms, Tata Consultancy Services, Larsen & Toubro, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Nestle, ITC and Sun Pharma were major gainers, while Power Grid, NTPC, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra and Reliance Industries were among the laggards.
Investors are awaiting the inflation data for August and industrial production data for July to be released on Tuesday.
