February 23, 2012 5:40 PM

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Sensex loses 67 points, to 18,079

Falling for the second straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange lost 67 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,079, after volatile trade, today, on continued profit- booking by investors, amid subdued Asian markets. The Sensex had added 104 points at the day's high, and lost 140 points at the day's low. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange dropped 22 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,483. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index fell 0.6 percent and the Smallcap index dropped 0.9 percent.The BSE clocked a turnover of 3,212 crore rupees on its cash segment. Market breadth was weak on the BSE, with about 4 declining stocks for every 3 gainers.Sectorally, the Realty index was the leading loser, declining 2.5%. The Metal index lost 1.4%; the Auto index shed 0.8%; the Capital Goods and the Teck indices declined 0.5%, each; and the Bankex slid 0.3%. Among the three BSE sectoral gainers, the FMCG index gained 0.8%; the Power index rose 0.6%; and the Oil and Gas index climbed 0.4%. Among the 30 Sensex stocks, Sterlite, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank shed between 1.5% and 4%.Index heavyweight, Reliance Industries fell 0.2%.In auto stocks, Maruti Suzuki India declined 1.5%, and Mahindra & Mahindra shed 2, but Tata Motors rose 0.3%.Motorcycle maker, Hero MotoCorp declined 3%, and Bajaj Auto fell 0.8%.Ranbaxy Laboratories gained 0.5% after announcing its quarterly numbers.FMCG stocks rose on defensive buying. ITC, Dabur India and Hindustan Unilever rose between 0.1% and 3.8%.Metal stocks fell on profit booking. Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Steel, Sail, Hindustan Zinc, and Hindalco fell between 0.5% and 3.5%.Realty stocks lost ground. DLF, Phoenix Mills, HDIL and Unitech dropped between 1% and 6%.

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