The broader markets, in the meantime, have been underperforming the benchmarks. The BSE MidCap index had slipped over a per cent, whereas the SmallCap index tanked over 2 per cent.
Sectorally, metals, realty, oil & fuel indices on the Nifty slumped 0.7-2 per cent. While, Nifty IT, financials and pharma have been greater.
Buzzing shares: Crude Oil slumps 6%; ONGC, Oil India, Adani Total tumble as much as 17%
Among shares, Vedanta plunged practically 8 per cent after the corporate invited expressions of curiosity (EOI) to promote its Tamil Nadu-based (Tuticorin) copper plant.
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