Sensex pares early gains but holds above 25,000

Zee Media Bureau

The benchmark BSE Sensex pared its early gains and quoted lower by 72 points in early trade Monday on emergence of selling by funds and retail investors.

The 30-share index, which had lost over 415 points in the previous three sessions, declined further by 88.51 points, or 0.35 percent, to 25,017.

On similar lines, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty dropped 36.75 points, or 0.49 percent, to 7,474.70.

Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up by 0.36 percent while Japan's Nikkei gained 0.46 percent in early trade today.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.15 per cent higher in Friday's trade.