The 30-share BSE Sensex shed 307.24 points, or 0.40 per cent, to settle at 76,957.27. The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 95.25 points, or 0.39 per cent, to end at 24,080.40

At the interbank foreign exchange market the rupee opened at 95.56, registering a fall of 13 paise from its previous close