Sensex, Nifty Decline in Early Trade

Mumbai: Stock market opened lower on Thursday, with benchmark index Sensex declining nearly 150 points amid mixed global cues and broader concerns over the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate trajectory.

The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 149.95 points or 0.25 per cent to 60,198.14 points, while the broader NSE Nifty fell 29.75 points or 0.17 per cent to 17,724.65 points.

As many as 17 constituents of the Sensex, including Reliance, TCS and HDFC were trading in the negative territory.