The Sensex opened 65 points higher at 12,741. Fresh buying in early trades saw the index move up to a high of 12,935. The index, however, could not hold gains and slipped into the negative zone in mid-noon trades.
The index dropped to a fresh yearly low of 12,514 - down 421 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 100 at 12,576.
In the process, the index has now shed nearly 10% (1,388 points) the last five trading days.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,692 stocks traded, 1,801 declined, 812 advanced and 79 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty slipped 44 points to end at 3,817.
Ranbaxy zoomed 15% to Rs 471.
Bharti Airtel surged nearly 3% to Rs 730. ONGC gained 2.5% at Rs 866.
Hindustan Unilever moved up 1.8% to Rs 215. Ambuja Cements and ITC added 1.3% each to Rs 81 and Rs 162, respectively.
DLF plunged 7.7% to Rs 394. Jaiprakash Associates slumped 6% to Rs 137.
Mahindra & Mahindra tumbled 5.5% to Rs 494. HDFC shed 4.5% at Rs 1,721.
SBI and Tata Steel dropped 3.3% each to Rs 1,139 and Rs 626, respectively.
TCS slipped 3% to Rs 727. ACC and Tata Motors declined over 2% each to Rs 514 and Rs 395, respectively.
ICICI Bank, Wipro and Reliance Communications were down 1.7% each at Rs 520, Rs 371 and Rs 399, respectively.
Reliance and HDFC Bank dropped arond 1.5% each at Rs 1,945 and Rs 904, respectively.
The index dropped to a fresh yearly low of 12,514 - down 421 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 100 at 12,576.
In the process, the index has now shed nearly 10% (1,388 points) the last five trading days.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,692 stocks traded, 1,801 declined, 812 advanced and 79 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty slipped 44 points to end at 3,817.
Ranbaxy zoomed 15% to Rs 471.
Bharti Airtel surged nearly 3% to Rs 730. ONGC gained 2.5% at Rs 866.
Hindustan Unilever moved up 1.8% to Rs 215. Ambuja Cements and ITC added 1.3% each to Rs 81 and Rs 162, respectively.
DLF plunged 7.7% to Rs 394. Jaiprakash Associates slumped 6% to Rs 137.
Mahindra & Mahindra tumbled 5.5% to Rs 494. HDFC shed 4.5% at Rs 1,721.
SBI and Tata Steel dropped 3.3% each to Rs 1,139 and Rs 626, respectively.
TCS slipped 3% to Rs 727. ACC and Tata Motors declined over 2% each to Rs 514 and Rs 395, respectively.
ICICI Bank, Wipro and Reliance Communications were down 1.7% each at Rs 520, Rs 371 and Rs 399, respectively.
Reliance and HDFC Bank dropped arond 1.5% each at Rs 1,945 and Rs 904, respectively.
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