Sensex falls 200 points after RBI keeps interest rates unchanged

MUMBAI: The BSE benchmark sensex tumbled by over 200 points in late morning trade today as RBI's decision to keep all key interest rates unchanged pulled interest sensitive stocks down.
The 30-share barometer, which had soared past the 17,000-level in early trade by adding 153 points, fell by 204.17 points to 16,745.12 soon after the Reserve Bank decided to keep all key interest rates unchanged at its mid-term credit policy review.
Similarly, the NSE index Nifty fell by 61.55 points to 5,077.50.
The fall was mostly lead by interest rate sensitive stocks such as banking and realty.
Among the sectoral indices, the BSE realty index down by 2.15% to 1,587.90 points, while the Banking index shed 2.76% to 11,266.46.