MARKET LIVE: Sensex, Nifty choppy; defensives drag, Zomato soars 14%

MARKET LIVE: Sensex, Nifty choppy; defensives drag, Zomato soars 14%

The key benchmark indices opened Tuesday’s session on a quiet note tracking losses in US equity futures and subdued Asian

In ealry deals, the BSE Sensex was down 100 points to 54,210, while the NSE Nifty was at 16,180, lower by 35 points.New listingLogistics giant Delhivery saw a tepid debut, listing at 1.2 per cent premium on the BSE, at Rs 493 vs the issue price of Rs 487 a share.Venus Pipes and Tubes debuted at Rs 335, a premium of 2.76 per cent over the issue price of Rs 326, on the BSE. 

That apart, sectorally, Nifty metals that slumped over 8 per cent the previous day, was seen recovering partially. The index rose 1 per cent, PSBs also gained a per cent. The two were leading sectoral gains. Other gainers included Nifty energy, banks and auto pockets. While, FMCG and IT were in the red. try{window.fbAsyncInit=function(){FB.init({appId:’260417335472974′,autoLogAppEvents:true,xfbml:true,version:’v3.2′});};(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,’script’,’facebook-jssdk’));}catch(e){console.log(e);}!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’,’https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’);fbq(‘init’,’550264998751686′);fbq(‘track’,’PageView’); .