Tuesday, July 11 2006 11:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, fell by 59.98 points in early trading on fresh selling by funds and retail investors.

The 30-share sensitive index was down by 59.98 points at 10,624.32 points in the first five minutes of trading.

Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty lost 20.45 points at 3,121.55 points.

Stock brokers said reports of weakening global markets mainly triggered fresh selling in selective stocks, pulling down the Sensex.

The major losers were Larsen and Toubro, HDFC Ltd, Bajaj Auto, Maruti Udyog, Infosys Technologies, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Hero Honda, Grasim Industries and State Bank of India.