5 percent at Rs.103.65; Jaiprakash Associates, down 5.53 percent at Rs.230.75; and Maruti Suzuki, down 5.34 percent at Rs.1,364.

The total traded turnover was at Rs.1,02,020.54 crore, with Rs.21,045.46 crore coming from the NSE cash segment and Rs.73,819.40 crore from the NSE futures and options. The balance Rs.7,155.68 crore came from the BSE cash segment.

According to data with the regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), foreign institutional investors sold shares worth $100.8 million Thursday.

In other Asian markets, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed in the green at 10,388.09 points, up 135.56 points from its last closing figure.

The Hang Seng, a primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, rose too, ending at 20,899.24 points, up 404.47 points.

In Europe, key market indices opened strong and were still in the positive terrain. The FTSE, a key British index, was ruling 70.03 points or 1.51 percent higher at 4,717.16 points.

Its French peer, the CAC 40, was at 3,497.51 points, 38.98 points or 1.13 percent higher than its previous close.

The German index DAX too was in the green at 5,398.09, up 0.84 percent.