MUMBAI, NOV 28: After the past three sessions' rally, pivotals reacted today on the BSE on emergence of profit taking in view of end-account considerations. Resuming subdued, share prices crashed during the mid-session on all round selling pressure but a few select scrips recovered partially at the end. The closing rates showed widespread losses. The volume of business remained moderate.The closing undertone appeared uncertain.The BSE sensitive index declined from the session's best level of 3617.33 to the inter-day low of 3522.59 but recovered slightly towards the end to finish at 3560.29 with a net loss of 67.78 points. The BSE-100 index also lost 29.18 points to 1543.10 from the previous level of 1572.28.Brokers said there was increasing caution among the bull operators to build up fresh position in view of uncertain political conditions at centre. Most of them preferred to book profit to play safe till the political climate turned positive. The total turnover amounted to Rs 1015.08 crore.On the NSE pivotals witnessed a sharp decline on heavy bull liqudiation by domestic funds and investors. The NSE-50 index slumped to a low of 1014.85 before scattered buying lifted it to close at 1023.95, showing a fall of 22.80 over the previous close of 1046.75. The dollar NSE-50 (defty) opened at 940.05, dipped to a low of 911.15 and closed at 919.55, a decline of 21.55 over the previous close of 941.10. The Midcap opened at 1185.05, dropped to a low of 1151.90 and closed at 1159.20, showing a loss of 27.75 from the last close of 1186.95.The total turnover was Rs 2021.10 crore.
