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Indian shares fell on Wednesday, though markets<\/span> ended off their day’s highs, tracking gains in European indexes ahead of the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s policy review.<\/p>\n The benchmark 30-share BSE Sense ended the session down 135.05 points, or 0.26 percent, at 52,443.71, extending losses for a third straight session. <\/p>\n The broader NSE Nifty index slipped 37.05 points, or 0.24 percent, to 15,709.40, a day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut India’s GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2021-22.<\/p>\n The Sensex hit as low as 51,802.73 and the Nifty touched 15,513.45 earlier in the session before recovering much of those losses. <\/p>\n Dr Reddy’s Laboratories fell 2.6 percent to extend losses from the previous session after reporting disappointing Q1 results. <\/p>\n Cipla, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Kotak Mahindra Bank all fell over 2 percent. <\/p>\n Maruti Suzuki India declined 1.3 percent ahead of its earnings release. Later in the day, the country’s top carmaker reported a 62 percent sequential fall in quarterly profit as the operations and financial results were impacted by localized lockdowns during April and May. <\/p>\n Among the prominent gainers, Bharti Airtel jumped as much as 5 percent after raising entry-level pricing of prepaid plans. <\/p>\n IndusInd Bank, Divis Laboratories, SBI Life and Tata Steel climbed 2-3 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n