<p class="title">The BSE Sensex turned choppy and fell over 100 points, led by losses on banking, oil & gas, finance and auto counters, amid mixed Asian cues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-share index opened on a positive note, only to turn negative and trade 130 points, or 0.38 per cent, lower at 33,750.74.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gauge had gained 861.18 points in the previous four sessions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The broader NSE Nifty too fell 35.50 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 10,366.75.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Concerns over brent crude prices, that again went past USD 70 a barrel, weighed on global equities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stocks of oil marketing companies such as HPCL, BPCL and IOC reeled under pressure and fell up to 1.07 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Banking stocks, led by private lenders, succumbed to profit-booking after recent gains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Major Sensex losers were SBI, Adani Ports, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, Asian Paints, falling up to 2 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ONGC, Sun Pharma, TCS, Infosys, Reliance Industries, were among the top gainers, rising up to 2.58 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, on a net basis, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 653.65 crore yesterday, while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold equities worth Rs 684.99 crore, provisional data showed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Globally, Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.46 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.41 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.20 per cent in early trade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.79 per cent higher yesterday.</p>
<p class="title">The BSE Sensex turned choppy and fell over 100 points, led by losses on banking, oil & gas, finance and auto counters, amid mixed Asian cues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-share index opened on a positive note, only to turn negative and trade 130 points, or 0.38 per cent, lower at 33,750.74.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gauge had gained 861.18 points in the previous four sessions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The broader NSE Nifty too fell 35.50 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 10,366.75.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Concerns over brent crude prices, that again went past USD 70 a barrel, weighed on global equities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stocks of oil marketing companies such as HPCL, BPCL and IOC reeled under pressure and fell up to 1.07 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Banking stocks, led by private lenders, succumbed to profit-booking after recent gains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Major Sensex losers were SBI, Adani Ports, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, Asian Paints, falling up to 2 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ONGC, Sun Pharma, TCS, Infosys, Reliance Industries, were among the top gainers, rising up to 2.58 per cent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, on a net basis, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 653.65 crore yesterday, while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold equities worth Rs 684.99 crore, provisional data showed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Globally, Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.46 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.41 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.20 per cent in early trade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.79 per cent higher yesterday.</p>