
The BSE Sensex shed sharp early gains and provisionally fell 2.3 per cent on Wednesday, taking cues from weak overseas markets where concerns over the global economic slowdown continued ahead of key US consumer data.
The benchmark 30-share BSE index provisionally closed 207.26 points lower at 8,729.94 points.
The 50-share NSE index shed 1.79 per cent to 2,635.