The index today dropped to a low of 9,165 - down 215 points from the day's high - led by significant weakness in realy and capital goods stocks. The Sensex recovered partially towards the close and finally ended with a loss of 21 points at 9,236.
The BSE Realty index shed 2.8% at 1,599, and the Capital Goods index dropped 2% to 6,148.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,506 stocks traded, 1,259 declined, 1,151 advanced and 96 were unchaned.
Jaiprakash Associates soared 5% to Rs 70. Maruti surged 4.7% to Rs 545.
Mahindra & Mahindra rallied over 4% to Rs 296. Tata Steel and Hindalco gained around 3.5% each at Rs 183 and Rs 46, respectively.
Tata Motors moved up over 2.5% to Rs 151. Infosys advanced nearly 2% to Rs 1,310.
HDFC was up 1.7% at Rs 1,530. Tata Power and HDFC Bank added 1% each to Rs 761 and Rs 921, respectively.
DLF slumped over 7% to Rs 165. Bharti Airtel plunged nearly 4% to Rs 628.
Wipro shed 3.3% at Rs 227. BHEL and Reliance Communications dropped 2.7% each to Rs 1,356 and Rs 162, respectively.
Larsen & Toubro and Ranbaxy slipped 1.6% each to Rs 660 and Rs 210, respectively.
SBI, Sun Pharma and Hindustan Unilever were down around 1% each at Rs 1,097, Rs 1,143 and Rs 257, respectively.
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