Oil, gas stocks lead Sensex down - NDTV.com

NDTV Correspondent and agencies, February 23, 2010 (Mumbai) After showing early losses, the equity benchmark retreat on Tuesday after the fresh buying in banking and metal stock indices.

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The 30-share Sensex was up by around 0.2 per cent at 16,265 while the broad based index Nifty was trading up by around 0.2 per cent at 4870. Metal major, Hindustan Zinc was up by around 1.75 per cent, Sesa Goa was up by around 1.5 per cent, NALCO was up by around 1.25 per cent while JSW Steel was up by more than 1 per cent. But, it was banking shares that helped the markets to retreat early losses. Banking major, Bank of Baroda was trading high by around 1.8 per cent, Axis Bank was up by around 1.5 per cent while Federal Bank, Yes Bank and Union Bank of India were trading up by around 1 per cent. Apart from this ICICI Bank was also up by around 0.9 per cent. In IT stock index, Wipro was up by around 1.25 per cent while Infosys was up by around 0.25 per cent.

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