New Delhi: In line with global peers, the markets on Thursday predictably plunged in the opening trade.
On heavy selling by funds, the benchmark Sensex tumbled by over 152 points in early trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The 30-share index lost by 152.37 points at 13,030.87 points in the first ten minutes of trading.
Similarly, the wide based National Stock Exchange Index Nifty fell by 51.40 points at 3,811.25 points.
The market turned weak in line with a fall in trend in other Asian stock markets like Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Bucking the trend, the metal stocks remained better on fresh buying by general investors.
Asian bourses were trading lower on Thursday morning.
Japan's Nikkei plunged 1.09 per cent or 192.82 points at 17,477.25, Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 0.76 per cent or 156.10 points at 20,293.33, Singapore's Straits Times slipped 0.48 per cent or 16.49 points at 3,404.13, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted was down 0.09 per cent or 6.96 points at 8,077.49. However, South Korea's Seoul Composite was up 0.15 per cent or 2.3 points at 1,515.72.
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