The NSE Nifty index was trading 35.45 points down at 15776.9, while BSE Sensex was down 109.51 points at 52660.22 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Tech Mahindra Ltd. (up 2.00 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (up 1.15 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd. (up 0.92 per cent), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (up 0.87 per cent) and NTPC Ltd. (up 0.67 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While UPL Ltd. (down 1.40 per cent), Nestle India Ltd. (down 0.88 per cent), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (down 0.85 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (down 0.84 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (down 0.81 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.