Profit booking drives Sensex 259 points down; HDFC, RIL slip

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): A day after witnessing a sharp rally, the Indian equities markets' key indices, Sensex and Nifty, declined on Tuesday due to profit booking in HDFC and HDFC Bank that had surged by nearly 10 per cent on Monday after the announcement of a merger deal.

The 30 stock SP BSE Sensex was trading 259.12 points or 0.43 per cent down at 60,352.62 points against its previous day's close a