Snapping its five-day rally, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Thursday shed over 165 points on profit selling at metal, capital goods and IT counters.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>The 30-share BSE barometer, which commenced the day higher by 188 points, pared the early gains to settle at 14,777.01 points, a loss of 165.27 points from last close. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>The index touched a high of 15,130.09 and a low of 14,608.05, indicating volatility. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also fell by 43.25 points at 4,433.55. It recorded a loss of 153 points during the day as it rose to a high of 4539.45 and a low of 4385.85 points. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>According to brokers, market players were also reducing their holdings ahead of the inflationary data to be announce after the trading-hours on Thursday. </P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


Sensex dips 165 pts on profit selling

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