The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 40 points at 16,824. After advacing to a high of 16,871, the index slipped into red to 16,589 - down 282 points from the day' high.
The Sensex, thereafter, moved in a narrow range, and finally ended with a loss of 86 points at 16,698.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,780 stocks traded, 1,428 advanced, 1,295 declined and 57 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 26 points at 5,023.
ACC surged 3% to Rs 844. Infosys and Wipro also rallied nearly 3% each to Rs 1,646 and Rs 443, respectively.
Grasim and Tata Steel gained over 2% each at Rs 2,656 and Rs 798, respectively.
Hindustan Unilever and DLF moved up over 1.5% each to Rs 242 and Rs 684, respectively.
HDFC Bank plunged 3% to Rs 1,443. Hindalco and BHEL shed 2.5% each at Rs 188 and Rs 1,827, respectively.
SBI, ICICI Bank and Ranbaxy dropped 2% each to Rs 1,696, Rs 864 and Rs 477, respectively.
Bharti Airtel declined 1.5% to Rs 844.
Satyam, Reliance, ONGC and Jaiprakash Associates were down over 1% each at Rs 430, Rs 2,577, Rs 1,043 and Rs 243, respectively.
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