At close, the Sensex was down 143.36 points or 0.39% at 36594.33, and the Nifty was down 45.50 points or 0.42% at 10768 amid weak global cues. Sun Pharma was the top gainer on Sensex followed by HUL, Bharti Airtel,Reliance Industries and Bajaj Finance. On the other end, Tech Mahindra was the top loser followed by Tata Steel, HDFC, Titan Company and IndusInd Bank. About 989 shares have advanced, 1646 shares declined, and 159 shares are unchanged. Nifty Pharma, Nifty Realty, and Nifty FMCG were the top sectoral gainers. Nifty PSU Bank index fell 2.67% while the Nifty Private Bank index was down 2.3%. Bank, metal and auto remained under pressure.