Sensex recovers over 300 pts from day-low, still ends 286 pts lower; Nifty near 19,450

Equity benchmark indices ended lower on Wednesday, extending their previous day’s fall, due to unabated foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the US and Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 286.06 points, or 0.44 per cent, to settle at 65,226.04. During the day, it plunged 633.33 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 64,878.77. The Nifty declined 92.65 points, or 0.47 per cent, to end at 19,436.10.