Mkts end in red: Sensex below 13,400

New Delhi: The markets downtrends continue unabated as bears took complete charge on Wednesday.

On account of sustained selling pressure in index pivotals, markets ended down over 1.5 per cent lower.

Selling pressure was seen in banking, capital goods, pharma, oil & gas and IT stocks.

The Sensex closed down 204.17 points or 1.50 per cent at 13362.16, and the Nifty down 61.10 points or 1.56 per cent at 3850.3.

About 930 shares have advanced, 1688 shares declined, and 39 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 7,146.27 down 66 points down 0.9 per cent.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,819.34 down 63 points or 1.07 per cent.

The BSE FMCG Index closed flat at 1,848.73. United Spirits, Dabur India, Shaw Wallace, P&G, Tata Tea closed in red.

The BSE Metal Index was down 1.1 per cent to close at 8,677.63. NALCO, Hind Zinc, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, SAIL were among the losers.

The BSE Bankex was down 2.5 per cent at 6,844.71. Canara Bank, SBI, Oriental Bank, ICICI Bank, Vijaya Bank, Allahabad Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Health Care Index was down 1.4 per cent at 3,738.26. Lupin, Dr Reddys Labs, Glenmark, Cadila Health, Biocon closed lower.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 2.1 per cent at 8,788.55. BHEL, Aban Offshore, Thermax, Alstom Projects, Carborundum, BEML ended lower

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,449.47 down 0.7 per cent. Sundram, Tube Investment, Escorts, Hind Motors Punj Tractors were among the losers.

The BSE IT Index closed at 5,126.10 down 0.7 per cent. HCL Tech, TCS, Satyam, Patni Computer ended weak.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 6,268.01 down 0.3 per cent. IOC, ONGC, GAIL, MRPL and HPCL closed lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8561.94 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 28373.15 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4109.36 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 41044.45 crore.