Asian Paints, Infosys, Bajaj Auto, TCS and SBI are top gainers while Tata Motors, NTPC, ICICI Bank, Reliance and Adani Ports are losers in the Sensex.
The market continues to struggle ahead of November Futures and Options (F&O) expiry. The Sensex is down 105.71 points or 0.4 percent at 25946.10 and the Nifty is down 37.90 points or 0.5 percent at 7995.40. About 1135 shares have advanced, 929 shares declined, and 110 shares are unchanged.
The Reserve Bank of India was spotted intervening in the foreign exchange market after the rupee fell to as low as 68.8350 per dollar on Thursday, on the verge of surpassing its previous record low of 68.85 in August 2013, traders said.
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