Mumbai Stock Markets – August 18, 2008

Today, it was again a bear market at the Mumbai stock exchanges. All round losses were noticed. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, Sensex closed at 14,645.7, down by 78.5 points. Nifty 50 closed at 4393, down by 37.6 points. In bullion market, gold is being quoted lower at Rs.11,369/10gm and silver at Rs.19,610/kg. Nymex crude is quoted lower at 114.29 US dollar a barrel and the US dollar was at Rs.43.27.