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27 point drop in Sensex on fresh selling

MUMBAI MARCH 27. A fresh bout of selling spree in key counters pulled down the Sensex by 26.79 points to 3116.79 on the Bombay Stock Exchange here today and activity remained lacklustre due to last day of the derivative segment.

Sharp to moderate losses in index-based scrips such as RIL, HLL, HPCL, SBI, Tisco, Satyam Computer, L&T, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, BSES and Hero Honda caused the Sensex to close weak. The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened lower at 3138.89 against 3143.58 and moved in a narrow range between 3146.29 and 3115.06 before concluding at 3116.79. The BSE-100 index also dropped by 13.19 points to 1540.44. In the specified group, 112 including 19 index-based scrips registered losses while 79 others finished with gains.

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