Sensex down 86 points in intra-noon trade

Mumbai, Oct 19: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensitive Index (Sensex) is currently down 86.78 points to 12,771.70, on account of reduced buying of stocks after Bajaj Auto gave huge shock to investors by disclosing loss for the second quarter yesterday.

All the sectors on the BSE except Oil&Gas were trading in the red. Teck sector is down 0.96 per cent, Bankex by 0.95 per cent and Auto by 0.93 per cent, all because of cautiousness before the second quarter results and more so due to Bajaj Auto shocker.

Major gainers on the BSE-30 index are Grasim Industries, Gujarat Ambuja, HLL, Cipla, Hindalco, Hero Honda, Dr Reddy's Lab and Tata Motors all up between 0.17 to 0.69 per cent.

Besides, the losers are Bajaj Auto, Satyam Computers, Reliance Communications, HDFC Bank, L&T, ITC, Ranbaxy, HDFC, Wipro and TCS all down between 1.13 to 3.44 per cent.

UNI

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