Sensex falls around 700 points; Nifty down around 200 points on U.S. stimulus fears

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex fell around 700 points and the Nifty down around 200 points on Friday. Stocks hurting the indices: RIL down 4.7 percent, HDFC down 5.8 percent, HDFC Bank down 5.5 pct.
BSE consumer durables index falls 7.8 percent. Titan Industries is the worst performer in the index, trading around 11 percent lower.
Bank of Baroda falls 8.2 percent, Yes Bank down 7.9 percent, Axis Bank down 7.5 percent.
First Published: Aug 16 2013 | 2:02 PM IST