The Sensex and Nifty turned negative in afternoon trade today with traders booking profit in banking stocks. While the Sensex fell 80 points to 38,152 level, the Nifty lost 43 points to 11,439. IndusInd Bank (3.91%), YES Bank (4.36%) and HCL Tech (1.28%) were the top Sensex gainers. Top Sensex losers were Sun Pharma (1.73%), PowerGrid (1.65%) and HDFC (1.72%). Of 30 Sensex stocks, 22 were trading in the red.
On Tuesday, the Sensex and Nifty extended morning session gains to close 424 points higher at 38,233 and 129 points higher at 11,483, respectively. Bank Nifty hit all-time high of 30,262 in early trade.
