TIL Desk/Business/Mumbai/The benchmark Sensex slipped below the 30,000-mark by falling over 82 points to 29,947.53 in early trade today as the May derivatives series began on a sluggish note, tracking a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share Sensex fell 82.21 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 29,947.53.
It had retreated from a lifetime high in yesterday’s trade by losing 103.61 points, impacted by a rush to book profits and a mixed trend in global markets. Realty, FMCG, technology, IT, bank and metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, down by up to 0.81 per cent.
Shares of the country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, was trading higher by 1.19 per cent to Rs 6,447.25 after the company yesterday posted 15.8 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,709 crore for the fourth quarter of last fiscal ended March 31. The NSE Nifty too displayed a similar trend to quote at 9,307.80, down 34.35 points, or 0.37 per cent.
