
Bombay Stocks Drop Again
Bombay stocks sold off for the second day in a row Thursday, heading into a long weekend on a low note.
The BSE Sensex dropped 119 points to close at 11,237. The index traded as low as 11,008 before recovering at the end of the day to sharply narrow its losses. Still, the Sensex has dropped 4.3% in the last week.
Drug maker
Cipla
lost 5%, chemicals outfit
Grasim
sank 3.9% and
ICICI Bank
(IBN) - Get Report
gave up 3.3%. Information technlogy outfit
Satyam
and electricals name
BHEL
also fell.
Car maker
Maruti
gained 3.4% and pharmaceuticals house
Dr. Reddy's
rose 3.3%. Other gainers included software seller
Tata Consultancy
,
National Thermal Power
and
Tata Steel
.
Dr Reddy's got Food and Drug Administration clearance to sell fexofenadine hydrochloride tablets. Tata Consultancy rose on reports that the company is in the final stages of negotiations with Deutsche Bank for an outsourcing deal.
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