Indian benchmark indices fell for the third consecutive
day on Tuesday, with the Sensex falling over 153 points amid largely weak
global markets as investors remained cautious ahead of the crucial Federal
Reserve meeting outcome. Unabated foreign fund outflows also continued to weigh
on the domestic equity markets.

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The BSE Sensex slipped 153 points or 0.29% to settle at
52,693.57. During the day, it dropped 387.22 points or 0.73% to 52,459.48. The
NSE Nifty declined by 42.30 points or 0.27% to end at 15,732.10.

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The broader indices ended in red with the BSE Mid cap
index down by 0.16%, while Small cap index was down by 0.40%. On the sectoral
front, Realty was up by 0.72%, Capital Goods up by 0.51%, Industrials up by
0.46%, Power up by 0.42% and TECK up by 0.39%, while Energy down by 1.22%, Oil
& Gas down by 1.14%, Auto down by 0.52%, Metal down by 0.47% and Consumer
Discretionary Goods & Services down by 0.40% were the top losing indices on
BSE.

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Major laggards from the Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank
down by 2.12%, Tech Mahindra down by 2.08%, Reliance Industries down by 1.33%,
Maruti Suzuki down by 1.32%, HDFC Bank down by 1.24%, HDFC down by 1.23%, Asian
Paints down by 1.00%, Hindustan Unilever down by 0.98% and Sun Pharma down by
0.50%.

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Among the gainers were Bharti Airtel up by 1.63%, NTPC up
by 1.61%, UltraTech Cement up by 1.42%, M&M up by 1.38%, Infosys up by
1.13% and Dr Reddy’s Labs up by 0.96%.

Seeing a marginal recovery from its lifetime low, the
rupee rose 1 paisa to close at 78.03 against the US dollar.

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Among Asian market peers, Seoul and Tokyo ended lower,
while Hong Kong and Shanghai rebounded and settled in the green.

European markets were trading mostly lower in mid-session
deals.

US stock exchanges ended sharply lower on Monday.

Brent crude, the international oil benchmark gained 0.68%
to $123.1 per barrel.

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According to stock exchange data, foreign institutional
investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, as they sold
shares worth Rs 4,164.01 crore on Monday.