At close, the Sensex was down 242.37 points or 0.76% at 31443.38, while Nifty was down 71.85 points or 0.78% at 9199.05 dragged down primarily by FMCG stocks, on Thursday. YES Bank, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Infratel, Adani Ports, JSW Steel and M&M were among major gainers on the Sensex pack, while losers included ONGC, NTPC, BPCL, Kotak Mahindra Bank and GAIL. About 1038 shares have advanced, 1255 shares declined, and 160 shares are unchanged.
S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indexes were both up 0.2 per cent. Nifty Smallcap index gained for the second day in a row.