Indian markets down

Mumbai: After opening on a negative note on Wednesday, the Indian markets continued to be in that region during the course of the morning trade as compared to the previous day's close.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) that opened at 26,760.32 points touched a high of 26,869.08 points and a low of 27,713.28 points during the morning trade.

The S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was trading at 26,837.68 points losing 7.85 points around 11.15 AM.

The previous day's close was 26,846.53 points.

The Sensex scrips that gained are Hindalco, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Infosys, Lupin, HDFC, GAIL, Sun Pharma, Reliance and others.

The losers were TCS, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Cipla, Coal India, Hero MotoCorp.

The broader 50-scrip Nifty at National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened lower at 8,102.40 points as compared to the previous day's close of 8,131.70 points.

The Nifty was trading at 8,128.30 points at 11:15 AM.

(IANS)