MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex more than 1 percent on Thursday, posting its biggest single-day percentage fall in nearly 1-1/2 months as profit-booking hit blue chips such as ICICI Bank for a second consecutive day.
ICICI Bank provisionally fell 2.2 percent after earlier rising as much as 1.8 percent, while IDFC slumped 4.8 percent erasing earlier gains of 1.5 percent.
The Sensex provisionally fell 1.31 percent after earlier gaining as much as 0.9 percent, while the Nifty ended 1.28 percent lower, marking their biggest single-day fall since November 21.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Anand Basu)
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