Sensex sheds 125 points post RBI policy review

Mumbai, Aug 4 : A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading at 124.84 points or 0.44 percent down during the afternoon session as India's central bank Reserve Bank of India kept its key lending rates unchanged during its monetary policy review on Tuesday.

The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading at 27 points or 0.32 percent down at 8,516.05 points.

The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 28,225.04 points, was trading at 28,062.22 points (at 12.06 p.m.) in the afternoon session, down 124.84 points or 0.44 percent from the previous day's close at 28,187.06 points.

The Sensex has touched a high of 28,264.72 points and a low of 27,963.71 points in the trade so far.