<p class="rtejustify" id="thickbox_headline"> Benchmark Sensex tanked 356 points to close at a one-week low of 37,165.16 on Thursday, while the NSE Nifty ended below the 10,300-mark on widespread selling amid weak global cues.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Asian and European stocks dropped as the latest escalation in the Sino-US trade spat weighed on investor sentiment.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Heavy selling by foreign and domestic institutional investors after RBI's rate hike on Wednesday added to the selling pressure.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The 30-share Sensex stayed in the negative zone for the whole day and ended at 37,165.16, showing a loss of 356.46 points, or 0.95 per cent.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">This is its lowest level since July 26, when it had closed at 36,984.64.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The gauge had lost 84.96 points in the previous session.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The broader Nifty too succumbed to selling pressure and hit a low of 11,234.95, before ending at 11,244.70, down 101.50 points, or 0.89 per cent.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Profit-booking by participants in view of the domestic markets' recent record-setting run fuelled the downtrend, brokers said.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 95.94 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) offloaded equities to the tune of Rs 562.33 crore yesterday, provisional data showed.</p>
<p class="rtejustify" id="thickbox_headline"> Benchmark Sensex tanked 356 points to close at a one-week low of 37,165.16 on Thursday, while the NSE Nifty ended below the 10,300-mark on widespread selling amid weak global cues.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Asian and European stocks dropped as the latest escalation in the Sino-US trade spat weighed on investor sentiment.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Heavy selling by foreign and domestic institutional investors after RBI's rate hike on Wednesday added to the selling pressure.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The 30-share Sensex stayed in the negative zone for the whole day and ended at 37,165.16, showing a loss of 356.46 points, or 0.95 per cent.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">This is its lowest level since July 26, when it had closed at 36,984.64.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The gauge had lost 84.96 points in the previous session.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">The broader Nifty too succumbed to selling pressure and hit a low of 11,234.95, before ending at 11,244.70, down 101.50 points, or 0.89 per cent.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Profit-booking by participants in view of the domestic markets' recent record-setting run fuelled the downtrend, brokers said.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 95.94 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) offloaded equities to the tune of Rs 562.33 crore yesterday, provisional data showed.</p>