Sensex loses 266 points; Nifty down by 89 points
The BSE Sensex on Tuesday fell by 266.44 points to close at 24,020.98, while the NSE Nifty lost 89.05 points to settle at 7,298.20. Sensex and Nifty opened down by 210.57 and 83.30 points respectively due to weak cues from European and other Asian markets. Analysts further attributed the losses to selling in IT and metal stocks.