Sensex Falls Over 80 Points, Nifty Slips Below 10,830 | Read

Domestic stock markets started Thursday's session on a lacklustre note tracking weakness in Asian peers. The Nifty fell 27.7 points to touch 10,827.45 in early trade, while the Sensex declined as much as 85.58 points to hit 36,127.33. Weakness in banking and financial services stocks pulled the markets lower. At 9:32 am, the Sensex traded 29 points lower at 36,183 and the Nifty was down 16 points at 10,838. Top laggards on the 50-scrip NSE benchmark index were Bharti Infratel, Axis Bank, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and IndusInd Bank, trading between 1.2 per cent and 2.6 per cent lower.