Stock Markets Fall In Early Trade On Relentless Foreign Fund Outflows, H

ETV Bharat / business

Stock Markets Fall In Early Trade On Relentless Foreign Fund Outflows, H-1B Visa Fee Concerns

Indian equities were flat with a positive bias on Thursday, with Sensex and Nifty declining after four consecutive sessions of decline.

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday as relentless foreign fund outflows and US H-1B visa fee concerns made investors jittery. Also, a weak trend in global peers drove the domestic equity markets lower.

Falling for the fifth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 141.32 points to 81,574.31 in the opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 22.4 points to 25,034.50.

From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Titan, HCL Tech, Tata Consultancy Services, Maruti and Et