Among the components of the S&P BSE Capital Goods index, CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd (down 3.88%), Bharat Forge Ltd (down 3.23%),Carborundum Universal Ltd (down 2.57%),Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (down 2.35%),Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd (down 2.31%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Praj Industries Ltd (down 2.29%), Grindwell Norton Ltd (down 2.2%), Suzlon Energy Ltd (down 2.17%), Polycab India Ltd (down 2.14%), and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (down 1.36%).
On the other hand, Elgi Equipments Ltd (up 0.89%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd (up 0.36%), and Siemens Ltd (up 0.28%) moved up.
At 13:46 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 512.03 or 0.79% at 64059.85.
The Nifty 50 index was down 163.75 points or 0.85% at 19118.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 494.41 points or 1.35% at 36108.34.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 101.01 points or 0.93% at 10760.39.
On BSE,925 shares were trading in green, 2691 were trading in red and 128 were unchanged.