Sensex slips 106 pts, Nifty ends at 12,175

Thursday,   13-Feb-2020   03:57 PM (IST)

Benchmark indices snapped two days of gain and inched lower on Thursday as investors reassessed the scope of the coronavirus outbreak after China's Hubei province reported a record rise in the death toll. A surprise drop in industrial output for December and a rise in January inflation to a six-year high also dampened sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex dipped 106 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 41,460 levels. IndusInd Bank (down 3.5 per cent), Tata Steel (down nearly 2 per cent), and ONGC (down around 2 per cent) were the top laggards in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Titan (up over 2 per cent), SBI (up over 2 per cent) and Infosys (up around 1.5 per cent) gained the most. The broader Nifty50 index gave up the 12,200 mark to settle at 12,175, down 27 points, or 0.22 per cent. Sectorally, Nifty Private Bank index fell around 1.4 per cent to 17,083 levels. Nifty Bank slid 0.8 per cent to 31,230 points. On the upside, pharma and IT stocks advanced the most.  In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap slipped 23 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 15,766 and the S&P BSE SmallCap index ended at 14,727, down 0.03 per cent.