Mumbai, Feb. 18 -- The benchmark index of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday tumbled down by 247 points at 35,561.38 as selling was seen across the board. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too fell by 75.10 points to 10,649.30. The sensex registered intra day high and low at 35,912.44 and 35,548.10 respectively. The Nifty recorded intra day high and low at 10,759.90 and 10,641 points respectively. Indices like Materials, Energy, FMCG, Finance, IT, Power and Capital Goods kept the market low in opening trade. The losers were Maruti Suzuki by 0.06 pc to Rs 6920, Bajaj Auto by 0.15 pc to Rs 2814.60, Asian Paints by 0.23 pc to Rs 1392, TCS by 0.29 pc to Rs 2025.10 and Bharati Airtel by 0.31 pc to Rs 303.40.

The gainers were ONGC...