On Dipawali Sensex falls 194 pts, Nifty ends below 10,150

Janjivan Bureau / Mumbai :  Equity benchmarks closed the first day of Samvat 2074 on a weak note, dragged by banks stocks. Weak global cues also caused selling pressure in Indian equities.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 194.39 points at 32,389.96 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 64.40 points to 10,146.50.

All sectoral indices closed in red. Nifty Bank index hit most, falling 1.25 percent due to selling pressure in private banks.