Among the components of the BSE Information Technology index, LTIMindtree Ltd (down 5.95%), Ramco Systems Ltd (down 5.3%),63 Moons Technologies Ltd (down 5%),NELCO Ltd (down 4.7%),Mastek Ltd (down 4.59%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Mphasis Ltd (down 4.42%), L&T Technology Services Ltd (down 4.33%), Persistent Systems Ltd (down 4.06%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd (down 3.89%), and Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd (down 3.84%).
On the other hand, Newgen Software Technologies Ltd (up 4.65%), Vakrangee Ltd (up 3.02%), and AXISCADES Technologies Ltd (up 0.66%) moved up.
At 13:41 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 647.52 or 1.15% at 55690.17.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 207.69 points or 1.28% at 16036.78.
The Nifty 50 index was down 222.1 points or 0.93% at 23729.599609375.
The BSE Sensex index was down 797.09 points or 1.01% at 78420.96.
On BSE,1309 shares were trading in green, 2591 were trading in red and 130 were unchanged.