The Indian benchmark indices started to trade lower for the third session in tandem with the bearish global cues on the rising Russian-Ukraine conflict. The BSE Sensex was down 133 points at 57,759 and the NSE Nifty was at 17,246, lower by 58 points.
Among the Sensex-30 constituents, NTPC, Maruti, M&M, Tata Steel, L&T, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, and SBI were the top gainers, trading up between 0.4-1 percent. On the Nifty, Coal India, UPL were the additional gainers, up 2 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
On the downside, Cipla, Wipro, Tech M, Nestle, Infosys, HCL Tech, Ultratech Cement, HDFC Bank, TCS, Asian Paints, meanwhile, were the top losers, down up to 1 percent.
In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were also in the negative territory, down 0.4 percent each. The volatility index climbed 5 percent as investors grew jittery.
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