The index dropped to a low of 9,894 - down 279 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 172 points at 9,928.
The BSE Oil & Gas index shed 3% at 6,249, and the Bankex dropped 2.5% to 5,492. The Auto and Metal indices slipped around 1.5% each to 2,527 and 5,352, respectively.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,616 stocks traded, 1,275 advanced, 1,258 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
ICICI Bank slumped 5.5% to Rs 446. Reliance and Mahindra & Mahindra plunged over 4.5% each to Rs 1,285 and Rs 307, respectively.
Maruti tumbled 3.8% to Rs 529. HDFC Bank shed 3% at Rs 1,020.
Reliance Infrastructure slipped nearly 3% to Rs 601. BHEL dropped 2.5% to Rs 1,403.
Jaiprakash Associates declined 2% to Rs 87. HDFC, ACC and Tata Steel were down 1.7% each to Rs 1,494, Rs 488 and Rs 225, respectively.
Tata Motors rallied nearly 5% to Rs 188.
DLF surged 2.7% to Rs 316. Ranbaxy gained 2% at Rs 222.
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