The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) will remain open on February 1 despite it being a Saturday, due to the Union budget presentation.

IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, slipped 199.94oints or 0.23% to 77,300. The Nifty 50 index lost 116.80 points or 0.50% to 23,391.60.