Stocks like India Cement fell more than 5 percent, Bank of Baroda fell more than 9 percent, and HDFC Bank was down by nearly 3 percent were some of the stocks in focus.
Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders, in a move its founder said was an unjustified response to conversations that have buoyed shares in GameStop Corp and other companies.
The government’s focus in the upcoming Budget is likely to be on providing acceleration to the economic recovery which has been underway over the past few months, says Bhobe.