Sensex Declines Over 300 Points, Dragged By Reliance Industries, Financial Stocks

The benchmark indices ended the day with losses of a little over half a per cent, amid heightened volatililty, due to profit-booking at higher levels. The BSE Sensex ended at 51,941.64, lower by 333.93 points or 0.64 per cent and the NSE Nifty settled at 15,635.35, down 104.75 points or 0.67 per cent. In the broader markets, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ended with cuts of 0.7 per cent andd 0.9 per cent respectively.