Lot of action was in few counters but considering the whole market the proceeds were on the minor side around Rs 49,500 crore on the F&O space as against Rs 56,000 crore during the previous week, so just about 15 per cent decline in turnover.
According to stock market expert Narendra Nainani, looking at the Nifty futures, which marked their closure provisionally around 5 or 6 points premium but intra-day they had descended into discount so from the lows of the day stock market has recovered and investors could have seen some fresh long positions returning into the Nifty.
New York - US stocks lost ground for a second day as oil prices fell and analysts on Tuesday suggested a rally that lasted through much of March was unsustainable in the current economy.
The selloff came as the first quarterly earnings reports for 2009 were due to be announced.
Company profits were expected to drop about 37 per cent, according to a survey of Wall Street analysts by the Bloomberg financial news agency. It would be the seventh straight quarter of falling earnings.