Markets down for the 2nd day

The markets crashed during the final trading hour, as participants resorted to across-the-board selling. A steady downtrend was witnessed in today's trading session, as investors continued to book profits at higher levels after the massive gains witnessed recently, which saw the major indices hit all-time highs. Stocks from across sectors ended in the red. However, select aluminium, engineering, media, software and telecom stocks managed to buck the trend.

BSE ended at 9170 down 72 points and NSE ended at 2785 down 20 points.