Sensex falls for seventh day
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters): Domestic shares fell over 1.5 per cent on Monday, falling for a seventh consecutive session, as exit polls showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing electoral defeat in Delhi, raising concerns that the government may not gain control in the upper house of the parliament.
The anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party, or Common People's Party, is likely to win 38 seats in the 70-seat New Delhi assembly, according to the average of four opinion polls released on Saturday after the voting had ended.
The benchmark BSE's Sensex index fell 1.7 per cent, marking its biggest daily fall since January 6, while the NSE's Nifty index ended 1.56 per cent lower.
The falls matched a seven-day losing streak in November 2013.