Among the components of the BSE Capital Goods index, Bharat Dynamics Ltd (up 7.65%), Bharat Electronics Ltd (up 4.71%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd (up 3.95%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (up 3.03%), ABB India Ltd (up 0.77%), and AIA Engineering Ltd (up 0.57%), were the top gainers.
On the other hand, Grindwell Norton Ltd (down 4.22%), Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (down 3.11%), and Suzlon Energy Ltd (down 2.59%) turned lower.
At 09:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 649.25 or 1.38% at 46233.48.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 119.53 points or 0.82% at 14541.3.
The Nifty 50 index was down 183.3 points or 0.76% at 24090.5.
The BSE Sensex index was down 609.82 points or 0.76% at 79724.99.
On BSE,528 shares were trading in green, 2556 were trading in red and 102 were unchanged.