<p>Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Monday amid weak trends in Asian markets and unabated foreign fund outflows.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 318.75 points to 64,940.70 in morning trade. The Nifty declined 82.8 points to 19,442.75.</p><p>Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Nestle, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Asian Paints were the major laggards.</p>.Rupee falls 4 paise to 83.32 against US dollar in early trade. <p>NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma and Power Grid were the gainers.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the negative territory while Tokyo quoted in the green.</p><p>The US markets ended with significant gains on Friday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.88 per cent to $80.71 a barrel.</p><p>Stock exchanges conducted a one-hour special Muhurat trading session on the occasion of Diwali on November 12.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 190.06 crore on Sunday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark jumped 354.77 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at 65,259.45 on the first trading session of Samvat 2080 on Sunday. </p><p>The broader Nifty advanced 100.20 points or 0.52 per cent to 19,525.55. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Monday amid weak trends in Asian markets and unabated foreign fund outflows.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 318.75 points to 64,940.70 in morning trade. The Nifty declined 82.8 points to 19,442.75.</p><p>Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Nestle, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Asian Paints were the major laggards.</p>.Rupee falls 4 paise to 83.32 against US dollar in early trade. <p>NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma and Power Grid were the gainers.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the negative territory while Tokyo quoted in the green.</p><p>The US markets ended with significant gains on Friday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.88 per cent to $80.71 a barrel.</p><p>Stock exchanges conducted a one-hour special Muhurat trading session on the occasion of Diwali on November 12.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 190.06 crore on Sunday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark jumped 354.77 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at 65,259.45 on the first trading session of Samvat 2080 on Sunday. </p><p>The broader Nifty advanced 100.20 points or 0.52 per cent to 19,525.55. </p>