BSE Sensex went down 71 points to 61,689.38 and NSE Nifty lost 21 points to 18,244.35. The top gainers on Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, Power Grid, Bajaj Auto and HCL Tech while the losers were UPL, Dr Reddy, SBIN, Grasim and Adani Ports.
The benchmark indices of the domestic equity markets on Monday recovered the losses made on Friday, tracking strong global cues. The better-than-estimates earnings also helped investors' sentiments.
BSE Sensex lost 28 points to 59,612.07 and NSE Nifty declined 17 points to 17,607.30 at 11.20 am on Friday. Sectoral indices of Oil & Gas, FMCG, IT, Telecommunication were in the positive territory while Auto, Bankex, Power and Realty on BSE were in the negative territory.