Stock Market Updates: Sensex Falls 100 pts At Open, Nifty Tests 17,200; Key Points

Sensex Today: Key benchmark indices opened flat with a negative bias amid weak global cues, muted foreign flows, and steady crude prices. Frontline indices Nifty50 declined over 30 points to trade below 17,250 levels and the S&P BSE Sensex fell 150 points to trade at 57,853 levels The broader markets, however, steered southwards as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 climbed up to 0.2 per cent. All sectors swung between gains and losses, as Nifty IT, Nifty Media, and Nifty Pharma indices gained marginally in trade. Nifty Bank, Nifty Realty, Nifty Auto indices, however, declined up to 0.4 per…