BSE closes 175.40 points down on October 12

Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 175.40 points down to stand at 26,904.11. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 46.10 points down to stand at 8,143.60. Coromandel International Ltd and Adani Power Ltd were among the top gainers of group A with an increase of 11.94% and 10.50% along with Vedanta Ltd and Hindalco Industries Ltd with an increase of 7.00% and 5.98% respectively, while the top losers of group A includes Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd and SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd with a decrease of 6.26% and 4.62% along with Bharti Infratel Ltd and Emami Ltd with a decrease of 4.40% and 4.37% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 40.66 points at 18,049.87 while the Banking sector is up 14.17 points at 20,073.41 and the Realty sector is down 5.05 points at 1,413.52. The Indian currency was 0.17% up at Rs 64.85 per dollar.