India's Sensex Drops Most in Three Weeks, Led by Larsen & Toubro
- Larsen leads industrials’ decline ahead of factory output data
- BSE Capital Goods Index retreats most among 13 industry gauges
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Indian shares dropped as industrial-equipment makers declined ahead of a factory output data that some investors gauged would fall short of estimates. Lenders also fell on concerns that farm-credit waivers by states would add to bad loans in the banking system.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed 0.5 percent lower in Mumbai, its steepest decline in nearly three weeks. The NSE Nifty 50 Index also fell 0.5 percent. Larsen & Toubro Ltd., the nation’s biggest engineering company, retreated 2.3 percent to be worst Sensex performer along with Tata Motors Ltd.