The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 211 points at 15,852 owing to weakness in global markets.
The index touched a day's low of 15,709 in morning trades, it recovered partially and touched a day's high of 15,985 due to buying in oil & gas sector.
The index finally ended with a loss of 100 points at 15,962.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,722 stocks traded, 1,817 declined, 847 advanced and 58 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 24 points at 4,716.
Bharti Airtel tumbled 4.1% to Rs 841. Reliance Infrastructure plunged 3.9% to Rs 1,125.
Satyam declined 3.6% to Rs 500. BHEL and HDFC slipped around 3% each to Rs 1,548 and Rs 2,459, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates dipped 2.6% to Rs 206. Larsen & Toubro lost 2.3% to Rs 2,849.
HDFC Bank dropped 1.8% to Rs 1,282. Infosys was down 1.4% at Rs 1,922.
NTPC, Tata Steel and Grasim were the other major losers, down 0.7% each at Rs 160, Rs 862 and Rs 2,194, respectively.
ACC gained 3.7% to Rs 649. Ranbaxy moved up 3% at Rs 530.
DLF and Wipro advanced 2.6% each to Rs 582 and Rs 508, respectively.
Reliance was up 2.2% to Rs 2,407. Tata Motors and Cipla added 1.3% each to Rs 570 and Rs 210, respectively.
Hindalco and ONGC were up 1.1% each at Rs 184 and Rs 842, respectively.
The index touched a day's low of 15,709 in morning trades, it recovered partially and touched a day's high of 15,985 due to buying in oil & gas sector.
The index finally ended with a loss of 100 points at 15,962.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,722 stocks traded, 1,817 declined, 847 advanced and 58 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 24 points at 4,716.
Bharti Airtel tumbled 4.1% to Rs 841. Reliance Infrastructure plunged 3.9% to Rs 1,125.
Satyam declined 3.6% to Rs 500. BHEL and HDFC slipped around 3% each to Rs 1,548 and Rs 2,459, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates dipped 2.6% to Rs 206. Larsen & Toubro lost 2.3% to Rs 2,849.
HDFC Bank dropped 1.8% to Rs 1,282. Infosys was down 1.4% at Rs 1,922.
NTPC, Tata Steel and Grasim were the other major losers, down 0.7% each at Rs 160, Rs 862 and Rs 2,194, respectively.
ACC gained 3.7% to Rs 649. Ranbaxy moved up 3% at Rs 530.
DLF and Wipro advanced 2.6% each to Rs 582 and Rs 508, respectively.
Reliance was up 2.2% to Rs 2,407. Tata Motors and Cipla added 1.3% each to Rs 570 and Rs 210, respectively.
Hindalco and ONGC were up 1.1% each at Rs 184 and Rs 842, respectively.
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