Indian equity benchmarks closed weak on Thursday, 18 July as Sensex plunged by 318.18 points at 38,897 and Nifty fell by 90.60 points at 11,596.
The broader market index represented by the NSE Nifty 500 Index fell as much a 0.58 percent. The Benchmark indices extended losses in last hour of trade due to selling across sectors, according to Money Control.
Earlier, Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex dropped over 100 points in early trade on Thursday, 18 July, led by heavy selloff in Yes Bank shares, amid weak cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflow.
The 30-share index was trading 112.21 points or 0.29 percent lower at 39,103.43 at 0930 hours, and the broader Nifty fell 32.05 points or 0.27 percent to 11,655.45.
Yes Bank was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, cracking over 10 percent, after the company reported a massive slump of 92.44 percent in its consolidated net profit to Rs 95.56 crore due to a Rs 6,232 crore addition to non-performing assets, which resulted the provisions to zoom.
Other losers included ONGC, Tata Motors, Vedanta, HCL Tech, M&M, HUL, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel and TCS, shedding up to 2.27 percent.
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, HDFC duo, ITC, Kotak Bank and Hero MotoCorp were the gainers, rising up to 1.30 per cent.
In the previous session, the 30-share gauge closed 84.60 points or 0.22 percent higher at 39,215.64, and the Nifty ended 24.90 points or 0.21 percent up at 11,687.50.
On a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 16.97 crore, while domestic institutional investors purchased shares to the tune of Rs 208.88 crore, provisional data available with stock exchanges showed Wednesday.
According to traders, investor sentiment took a hit tracking tepid quarterly earnings, amid weak cues from other global markets and continued foreign fund outflow.
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, ACC, Colgate Palmolive (India), Cyient and D B Corp are among some of the companies that are scheduled to report their earnings during the day.
Meanwhile, the Indian rupee appreciated 4 paise (intra-day) to 68.77 against the US dollar.
The global oil benchmark Brent crude futures were trading 0.27 per cent higher at 63.83 per barrel.
Elsewhere in Asia, Shanghai Composite Index, Hang Seng, Nikkei and Kospi were trading in the red in their respective early sessions.
(With inputs from PTI, Bloomberg Quint, Money Control)
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