Mumbai, Jun 2 (UNI) The BSE Sensex remained weak on Monday too, sliding 77.26 pts to settle at 81,373.75 on weak global cues.
Selling in IT, Metal, Energy, and Consumer Durable stocks kept the market low today.
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced to double tariffs on imported steel and aluminium to 50 per cent from June 4, also putting pressure on the equity market.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) slipped 34.10 pts to 24,716.60.
Declining 182 pts on Friday, the BSE Sensex today opened in red at 81,214.42, easing 237 pts. During the day, it remained under pressure as it sank 797 pts at 80,654.26, a day's low.
In late trading, it was slightly improved, but ended negative only at 81,373.75, still down by 77.26 pts from its previous close.
The NSE registered a day's high at 24,754.40 and a day's low at 24,526.15 pts.
In stocks, IT, Metal, Energy, and Consumer Durable kept the market low.
Metal declined by 0.58 pc followed by IT by 0.57 pc, Consumer Durable by 0.40 pc, and Energy by 0.13 pc.
The mid-cap rose 0.58 pc and the Small-cap moved up by 0.36 pc.
In 30 scrips, 11 advanced while 19 declined.
The losers were Tech Mahindra by 1.47 pc to Rs 1550.90, Tata Steel by 1.09 pc to Rs 159.25, Tata Motors by 1.06 pc to Rs 711.80, and Infosys by 0.71 pc to Rs 1551.65.
The gainers were Adani Ports by 2.14 pc to Rs 1463, M&M by 1.53 pc to Rs 3024, Powergrid by 1.03 pc to Rs 292.90, and Hind Unilever by 0.96 pc to Rs 2371.80.
In the global Market, the US, European, and Asian markets were down.
In the Asian Market, Straits Times fell by 0.10 pc, Hang Seng by 0.57 pc, and Taiwan Weighted by 0.64 pc.
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