Sensex dropped 135.85 pts @18,577.70 while Nifty fell 39.25 pts @ 5648.00. Today
market closed red, erasing all morning gains due to weakness in capital goods, metals,
banks, realty and FMCG stocks, and also on account of less hopes of encouraging
numbers from rate sensitives. The MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was up by 0.53 percent.