BSE closes 317.72 points down on August 26

Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 317.72 points down to stand at 25,714.66. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 88.85 points down to stand at 7,791.85. Vakrangee Ltd and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd were among the top gainers of group A with an increase of 9.33% and 7.65% along with KEC International Ltd and Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd with an increase of 6.98% and 6.76% respectively, while the top losers of group A include Sadhbhav Engineering Ltd and Bharti Infratel Ltd with a decrease of 6.08% and 5.29% along with Bharat Forge Ltd and Hexaware Technologies Ltd with a decrease of 5.13% and5.06% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is down 124.04 points at 17,679.10 while the Banking sector is down 331.35 points at19,394.95 and the Realty sector is down 2.50 points at 1,234.38. The Indian currency is up 0.06% at Rs 66.14 per dollar.