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NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 0.4 per cent in morning trade on Tuesday, tracking mixed global cues. The 50-share Nifty index slipped below its crucial psychological level of 5850.
At 09:20 a.m.; the 30-share index was at 19248.28, down 76 points or 0.4 per cent. It touched a high of 19,334.07 and a low of 19,236.63 in trade today.
The Nifty was at 5824.55, down 26.50 points or 0.46 per cent. It touched a high of 5843.95 and a low of 5817.50 in trade today.
On the upside the index may face some resistance around 5860-5880 odd, say analysts.
"I would be trading with a slight positive bias as long as we are trading above 5800 levels and Bank Nifty could possibly bounce back by about 250-300 points," said Mitesh Thacker of miteshthacker.com.
The S&P BSE Mid-cap index was trading 0.09 per cent higher, while the BSE Small-cap index was up 0.14 per cent.
Among the sectoral indices, the BSE Power Index slipped 0.6 per cent, followed by the BSE Metal Index which moved 0.6 per cent.
The BSE Auto Index slipped 0.48 per cent, the BSE Banking Index was down 0.46 per cent and the BSE Oil & Gas Index was trading 0.4 per cent lower.
However, the BSE IT index was up 0.2 per cent, followed by the BSE Realty index which was up 0.06 per cent.
Bharti AirtelBSE 0.91 % (1.5 per cent), M&M (0.7 per cent), Infosys (0.2 per cent) and L&T (0.17 per cent) were among top Sensex gainers.
Tata PowerBSE -0.73 % (1.09 per cent), Jindal Steel (0.98 per cent), Hindalco (0.93 per cent) and HDFC (0.86 per cent) were among top Sensex losers.
Asian shares were trading lower despite an overnight rise in global markets, ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary meeting starting later in the session.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index was trading 0.6 per cent lower at 12,950.17 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was trading 0.6 per cent lower at 21,086.12.
South Korea's Kospi index was trading 0.07 per cent lower at 1881.45. China's Shanghai index was trading 0.3 per cent lower at 2,149.63.
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