Mumbai, May 25 (IANS): A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), provisionally closed down by over 300 points or 1.00 percent during the trade session on Monday.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed the day's trade in the red. It was down 89 points or 1.05 percent at 8,370.25 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 27,893.25 points, closed the day's trade at 27,643.88 points (at 3.45 p.m.), down 313.62 points or 1.12 percent from the previous day's close at 27,957.50 points.
The Sensex had touched a high of 27,903.29 points and a low of 27,614.32 points in the intra-day trade.