Indian markets continued to decline for the third day on Thursday. At the close, the 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex ended 581.28 points or 2.01% lower to settle at 28,288.23. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty declined by 205.35 or 2.42% at 8,263.45 with 40 components in red.
Major gainers in the 30-share index were I T C (7.50%), Bharti Airtel (4.39%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (2.96%), Hero Motocorp (2.39%), Power Grid Corporation Of India (2.26%), and Infosys (1.93%).
On the other hand, Yes Bank (11.35%), Bajaj Finance (10.24%), Maruti Suzuki India (9.85%), Axis Bank (9.50%), Mahindra & Mahindra (9.28%), and Tech Mahindra (8.43%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.