The BSE Sensex fell 0.85 percent on Tuesday, snapping a two-day
winning streak and shrugging off gains in global peers, as investors
cashed in profits from a 13.4 percent rally over the previous five
sessions. The NSE Nifty opened flat at 4,501, and touched a high of
4,524 before slipping into the negative zone. Post-noon trades, the
index slipped deeper into red to a low of 4,436 - down 88 points
from the day's high owing to profit-taking in IT stocks. The Nifty,
however, recovered partially towards the close and finally ended at
4,469, down 33 points. The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,718 stocks
traded on the BSE, 1,343 declined and 1,289 advanced today