Market saw a sharp fall in last hour as August series expires. Sensex, Nifty & Nifty Bank slipped more than 1% from highs & Midcap Index was down 18 points.

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Shree Cement, Hindalco, Divi’s Laboratories, Eicher Motors, SBI Life were top Nifty gainers in a volatile session.

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The top Nifty losers were Bajaj Finance, Cipla, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, & TCS.

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Bharti Airtel closed with minor cuts after Singtel sold 3% stake in the company to Bharti Telecom.

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Balkrishna Industries was under pressure on negative brokerage note.

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Nippon Life closed lower as stock moves out of F&O from next series.

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Coromandel moved lower as government issued new packaging rule for the sector.

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Overall market breadth favoured the bulls, as 1,861 stocks rose and 1,557 fell on BSE.

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