Mumbai, Nov 16 : The BSE benchmark index, the Sensex and the NSE Nifty opened in red territory Today.

At the opening trades, Sensex was at 60,587.43, down 131 points or 0.22 per cent. Nifty 50 was at 18,090.30, down 19.15 points or 0.11 per cent.

Mahendra and Mahendra, Maruti, Bajaj Finance, Nestle, LT, Tata Steel, Infosys, Bharati Airtel, Hindustan Unilever, Titan were among the top gainers while Bajaj Auto, Dr Reddy, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, NTPC, SBI, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank were among the top losers at the BSE.

The Sensex had closed at 60,718.71 while the Nifty at 18,109.45 on Monday.(UNI)