Closing Bell: Benchmark indices recover in last hour, Sensex closes at 33351 & Nifty at 10233 points

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Closing bell | Benchmark indices extended fall for the sixth consecutive session today. Sensex declined by 284.11 points to 33,033.09 and the 50-share NSE Nifty was down by 95.10 points at 10,154.20.

Banks and oil stocks underperformed today. The PSU banks hit lows due to the PNB fraud case developments. State-owned ONGC traded at day's lows today

Benchmark indices are currently trading in day's low. The weak global cues and correction in banking stocks amid PNB fraud case has affected the trading today.

Benchmark indices remained under pressure as the Sensex fell 170.21 points to 33,146.99, mainly because of banks and oil stocks.

The Nifty continued to trade below the 10,200 levels, falling 62.30 points to 10,187.

ICICI Bank, SBI, L&T, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, among others slipped between 1-3 percent. ​ITC and HCL Technologies gained more than 1 percent.

Nifty Bank down over 300 points

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Dow Futures recover 175 points from lows; European markets off opening lows.

Sell-off is being seen in telecom stocks. A sharp fall was seen in Bharti Airtel in the last few minutes.

Zee Ent moves to the high point of the day in an otherwise falling market, IOC recovers over 1% from day's low

Off lows: CANFIN Homes 3.6%; Canara Bank 2.75%