Friday, July 21 2006 11:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: After yesterday's (July 20, 2006) rally, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, fell by over 154 points in early trade today (July 21,2006) on selling by funds and retail investors, triggered by weak global markets.

The 30-share sensitive index, which had gained 345.60 points yesterday, lost 154.92 points to quote at 10,198.02 in the first five minutes of trading on selling in index-related stocks.

Similarly, the Nifty index on the National Stock Exchange was down by 46.80 points at 2,976.25 points.

Stock brokers' reports of weakening global markets and profit-taking by retail investors at improved levels pulled down share prices.

The major losers were Reliance Industries, Maruti Udyog, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Larsen and Toubro,ONGC, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Tata Consultancy and Reliance Communications.