Sensex off lows, down 300 pts; LTIMindtree up 5%, Coforge 3%
Stock market LIVE updates: Equities got hammered in Thursday's intraday trade as weak global sentiment, amid escalating war concerns in the Middle East, kept investors on the sidelines.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 474 points to quote at 65,403 levels, while the Nifty50 opened below 19,550-mark.
Wipro, Hindalco, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Power Grid, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Titan, UPL, Grasim, Adani Ports, HDFC Bank, M&M, and L&T lost ground on the bourses with up to 3 per cent slide.
Meanwhile, in the broader market, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices fell 0.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.
Amid a broad-based selling, the Nifty Metal index fell 1.5 per cent, the Nifty Realty dropped 1.24 per cent, and the Nifty Financial Services...