SENSEX FALL BY 678 POINTS MUMBAI STOCK EXCHANGE INDIA NEWS HEADLINES

SENSEX FALLS AT MUMBAI STOCK EXCHANGE INDIA NEWS HEADLINES: - The Indian benchmark Sensex on Wednesday tumbled by 678 points triggered by weakening global trend amid crude oil surging to more than USD 99 a barrel as said by Mumbai stock exchange officials. The major puller to the market were shares in metal sector, which dropped the most by 1,057.10 points at 16,253.59, followed by capital goods index with a fall 1,046.64 points at 19,302.78. PSU index fell by 606.17 points at 9,625.17, oil and gas index by 405.59 points at 11,730.99, banking index by 536.82 points at 10,227.71 and realty index by 493.72 at 9,953.63.

The Bombay Stock Exchange barometer dropped 678.18 points at 18,602.62 on selling in stocks of firms in metal, capital goods, PSU and refinery sectors. It touched the day's low of 18,515.30 and high of 19,218.88 points. The broader National Stock Exchange's Nifty slid by 219.85 points at 5,561.05, after moving between 5,790.05 and 5,530.95 during the day. During the day, crude oil surged to cross the USD 99 a barrel mark in international market resulting in heavy selling by investors here, marketmen said.