Despite encouraging signs from other Asian markets, Indian stock indices extended losses in the late morning session, with both the Sensex and Nifty trading in the red.

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Globally, Asian markets were mostly in the green, with the Jakarta Composite up 34.90 points or 0.53% to 6,573.41, the Straits Times up 24.45 points or 0.79% to 3,126.38, the Shanghai Composite up 13.49 points or 0.37% to 3,620.92, the KOSPI up 10.71 points or 0.36% to 2,979.04, and the Taiwan Weighted up 8.79 points or 0.05% to 17,705.93. On the other hand, the Nikkei 225 down 93.97 points, or 0.34%, to 27,935.60, while the Hang Seng fell 300.30 points, or 1.26%, to 23,466.39.

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The BSE Sensex is presently trading at 57244.81, down 451.65 points or 0.78% from its high of 57781.46 and low of 57215.00. On the index, there were four stocks that advanced and 26 stocks that declined.

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The wider indexes were trading in the negative, with the BSE Midcap index down 0.40% and the Small-cap index down 0.19%.

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The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 0.69%, Capital Goods up by 0.08%, Basic Materials up by 0.06%, and Metal up by 0.04%, while the top losing indices on the BSE were IT down by 1.76%, TECK down by 1.66%, Auto down by 1.02%, Oil & Gas down by 1.01%, and FMCG down by 0.88%.

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The biggest gainers on the Sensex were HDFC, which increased by 0.72%, ICICI Bank, which increased by 0.59%, Tata Steel, which increased by 0.36%, and Axis Bank, which increased by 0.29%. HCL Tech was down 2.54%, Tech Mahindra was down 2.02%, Infosys was down 2.01 percent, Maruti Suzuki was down 1.98%, and Indusind Bank was down 1.96%.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 17063.00, down 133.70 points or 0.78% from a high of 17216.75 and a low of 17057.70. On the index, there were 8 stocks that advanced and 42 stocks that declined.

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UPL gained 2.49%, JSW Steel gained 1.38%, HDFC gained 0.77%, Hindalco gained 0.69%, and ICICI Bank gained 0.61% on the Nifty. The top losers were Coal India, which fell 5.88%, HCL Tech, which fell 2.55%, Maruti Suzuki, which fell 2.17%, Infosys, which fell 2.06%, and Wipro, which fell 2.01%.

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