The Sensex opened 12 points higher at 9,397, touched a high of 9,436, and then soon slipped into the negative zone. Aggressive selling in banking and realty stocks dragged the index below the 9,000-mark to a low of 8,957 - down 479 points from the day's high.
Selective buying at lower levels helped the index cut losses towards the close. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 94 points at 9,291.
The BSE Realty index plunged over 5% to 1,908, and the Bankex tumbled nearly 4% to 4,956. The Consumer Durables and the Metal indices slipped over 3% each to 1,877 and 4,723, respectively.
The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,539 stocks traded, 1,799 declined, 680 advanced and the rest were unchanged today.
HDFC and Satyam tumbled nearly 4% each to Rs 1,498 and Rs 252, respectively.
Hindalco dropped 3.5% to Rs 55, and Tata Power slipped 3% to Rs 724.
ITC and Mahindra & Mahindra declined 2.7% each to Rs 166 and Rs 322, respectively.
ICICI Bank and TCS dropped over 2% each to Rs 387 and Rs 519, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates and Ranbaxy were down around 1.5% each at Rs 72 and Rs 211, respectively.
Wipro and ACC surged around 4.5% each to Rs 252 and Rs 437, respectively.
Tata Motors, Maruti and Bharti Airtel rallied around 2.5% each to Rs 140, Rs 550 and Rs 665, respectively.
NTPC, Infosys, BHEL and ONGC advanced around 1% each to Rs 151, Rs 1,233, Rs 1,293 and Rs 700, respectively.
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