Closing Bell- 24th Sept | Sensex ends just above 36,300, Nifty gives up 11,000 | CNBC-TV18

Benchmark equity indexes closed sharply lower on Monday, ending near two-month lows. The NSE Nifty50 shed over 168 points, or 1.51 percent, to settle at 10,974.90. The BSE Sensex ended at 36,305, nosediving 536 points, or by 1.46 percent. Midcaps extended losses with the Nifty MidCap settling lower by 2.72 percent, shedding almost 500 points, while the BSE MidCap plunged by 2.40 perecnt. Nifty Bank closed lower by 626 pionts, ending below the 25,000 mark. Barring Nifty IT and Energy, all sectoral indices ended in the red. Financials, especially HDFC twins contributed to maximum Nifty losses, while IT stocks led by TCS supported indexes. Market breadth in favour of declines with the advance-decline ratio at 1:6. DHFL stock gained recovering 43 percent from Friday's lows, ending 12 percent higher. CNBC-TV18 is India's No.1 Business medium and the undisputed leader in business news. The channel's benchmark coverage extends from corporate news, financial markets coverage, expert perspective on investing and management to industry verticals and beyond. CNBC-TV18 has been constantly innovating with new genres of programming that helps make business more relevant to different constituencies across India. India's most able business audience consumes CNBC-TV18 for their information & investing needs. This audience is highly diversified at one level comprising of key groups such as business leaders, professionals, retail investors, brokers and traders, intermediaries, self-employed professionals, High Net Worth individuals, students and even homemakers but shares a distinct commonality in terms of their spirit of enterprise. Subscribe to our Channel: https://goo.gl/hKwgtm Like us on Facebook:   / cnbctv18india   Follow us on Twitter:   / cnbctv18news   Website: http://www.moneycontrol.com/cnbctv18/