New Delhi, Jan 24: Indian stock markets ended in the negative territory on Thursday led by losses in realty, auto, power and metal sectors. Blue chip shares such as Tata Motors and Reliance Industries pulled the markets with a lot of traders opting for profits booking.
The BSE Sensex declined 103 points or 0.51 to 19,924 while the broader Nifty ended at 6,019, down 35 points. The Sensex touched a high of 20,072.28 and a low of 19,884.20 in trade today.
The BSE Midcap Index declined 2.67 per cent and the BSE Smallcap Index was down 2.56 per cent.
Some of the top losers in the Sensex pack were Tata Motors (- 5.91 per cent), GAIL (-4.66 per cent), Cipla (-3.67 per cent), Hindalco Industries(-3.39 per cent) and Tata Power (-2.32 per cent).
On the Nifty, 36 stocks closed lower, led by Tata Motors, which closed 6 per cent lower after the company forecast a lower EBITDA margin for its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) subsidiary in the October-December quarter compared with the previous two quarters.
In the Asian region, the Japan's Nikkei rose by 1.28 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.02 per cent in morning trade. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.49 per cent higher in Wednesday's trade.
