<p>Benchmark equity indices fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of the key events -- RBI's monetary policy and the US inflation data -- due to be announced later this week.</p>.<p> Continuous foreign fund outflows and weak trend in Asian and European markets also played spoilsport for the domestic markets.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 106.98 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 65,846.50. During the day, it declined 200.85 points or 0.30 per cent to 65,752.63.</p>.<p> The NSE Nifty slipped 26.45 points or 0.13 per cent to end at 19,570.85.</p>.<p> Amid expectations of another status quo on the key interest rates, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed high-powered rate-setting panel MPC on Tuesday began its three-day meeting to firm up the next bi-monthly policy.</p>.<p> The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would be announced on Thursday, August 10, by Governor Das.</p>.<p> From the Sensex pack, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, HCL Technologies, Sun Pharma, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and ITC were the major laggards.</p>.<p> Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Titan and ICICI Bank were among the major gainers.</p>.<p> In Asian markets, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong settled lower while Tokyo ended in the green.</p>.<p> European markets were quoting in the negative territory. The US markets ended in the positive territory on Monday.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude fell 1.38 per cent to USD 84.16 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,892.77 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> 'While global cues will continue to dictate trends, investors would be watchful of the two key catalysts - RBI's monetary policy and US inflation data on Thursday,' said Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd.</p>.<p> The BSE benchmark had climbed 232.23 points or 0.35 per cent to settle at 65,953.48 on Monday. The Nifty advanced 80.30 points or 0.41 per cent to end at 19,597.30.</p>
<p>Benchmark equity indices fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of the key events -- RBI's monetary policy and the US inflation data -- due to be announced later this week.</p>.<p> Continuous foreign fund outflows and weak trend in Asian and European markets also played spoilsport for the domestic markets.</p>.<p> The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 106.98 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 65,846.50. During the day, it declined 200.85 points or 0.30 per cent to 65,752.63.</p>.<p> The NSE Nifty slipped 26.45 points or 0.13 per cent to end at 19,570.85.</p>.<p> Amid expectations of another status quo on the key interest rates, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed high-powered rate-setting panel MPC on Tuesday began its three-day meeting to firm up the next bi-monthly policy.</p>.<p> The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would be announced on Thursday, August 10, by Governor Das.</p>.<p> From the Sensex pack, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, HCL Technologies, Sun Pharma, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and ITC were the major laggards.</p>.<p> Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Titan and ICICI Bank were among the major gainers.</p>.<p> In Asian markets, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong settled lower while Tokyo ended in the green.</p>.<p> European markets were quoting in the negative territory. The US markets ended in the positive territory on Monday.</p>.<p> Global oil benchmark Brent crude fell 1.38 per cent to USD 84.16 a barrel.</p>.<p> Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,892.77 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>.<p> 'While global cues will continue to dictate trends, investors would be watchful of the two key catalysts - RBI's monetary policy and US inflation data on Thursday,' said Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd.</p>.<p> The BSE benchmark had climbed 232.23 points or 0.35 per cent to settle at 65,953.48 on Monday. The Nifty advanced 80.30 points or 0.41 per cent to end at 19,597.30.</p>