Sensex closes 160 points lower

Realty and banking stocks were among the major losers.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,292.57 points, closed at 19,131.83 points (provisional), down 160.19 points or 0.83 percent from its previous close at 19,292.02 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange shut shop 0.53 percent lower at 5,755 points.

Broader markets too ended in the red with the BSE midcap index closing 1.03 percent down and the BSE small cap index ending 1.58 percent lower.