Mumbai: Indian indices opened down on February 14 with Nifty around 17,000 on the back of weak global cues.
At 09:16 IST, the Sensex was down 1,197.86 points or 2.06% at 56955.06, and the Nifty was down 348.00 points or 2.00% at 17026.80. About 463 shares have advanced, 1989 shares declined, and 100 shares are unchanged.
By 9.35 am, the loses further extended with Sensex down by 1404.38 points or 2.41% at 56,748.54 and Nifty down by 389.10 points or 2.24% at 16,985.65 points.
M&M, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, SBI, ITC, L&T and ICICI Bank were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were ONGC,DIVISLAB and TCS.