BSE closes 109.29 points down on August 31

Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 109.29 points down to stand at 26,283.09. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 30.65 points down to stand at7,971.30. SREI Infra Structure Finance Ltd and NIIT Technologies Ltd were among the top gainers of group A with an increase of 8.24% and 7.42% along with Muthoot Finance Ltd and Punj Lloyd Ltd with an increase of 7.11% and 6.20% respectively, while the top losers of group A includes Sunrise Asian Limited and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd with a decrease of 9.97% and 6.89% along with Mahindra and Mahindra Finance Services Ltd and Kailash Auto Finance Ltd with a decrease of 4.97% and 4.71% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is down 138.23 points at 17,865.27 while the Banking sector is down 66.27 points at 19,637.15 and the Realty sector is down 17.07 points at 1,260.66. The Indian currency is up 0.35% at Rs 66.37 per dollar.