Mumbai. Selling was seen in domestic stock markets in early trade on Thursday and BSE Sensex fell by more than 400 points. The Sensex opened 24.28 points higher at 82,368.96, but immediately went into decline. At the time of writing, it was down 418.12 points (0.51 percent) at 81,926.56 points.

The Nifty 50 index of the National Stock Exchange, after rising 2.25 points and opening at 25,345 points, was at 25,239.90 points, down 102.85 points or 0.41 percent at the time of writing. Indices of IT, auto, FMCG, pharma, media, private banks, consumer durables and chemicals sectors were in decline.

Metal, public bank, realty and oil and gas sectors remained bullish. ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Maruti Suzuki, BEL and TCS contributed more to the Sensex fall. At the same time, shares of L&T, State Bank of India, Tata Steel and NTPC were up.

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