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At 9:18 a.m. (0348 GMT), the 30-share BSE index was down 1.36 percent at 15,847.36 points, with 29 of its components in the red.
India's top mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel lead the losers among index stocks.
The broader 50-share NSE index was down 1.28 percent at 4,750.55 points.