Sensex Down 137 Points Ahead of Budget..

Sensex closes 137 points down at 25,422.74 (provisional) and Nifty ends trade at 7,579.90 (provisional), falls 43.3 points. Auto index falls 2.58 per cent, midcap index falls 1.51 per cent, realty index down 1.66 per cent and the IT index closes 1.32 per cent lower. 18 out of the 50 stocks in Nifty close higher