The Sensex today ended with a significant loss of 358 points at 9,067.
The selling was led by realty stocks following poor numbers by DLF. The BSE Realty index plummeted 10.3% to 1,496. The Metal index and the Bankex dropped over 5% each to 4,828 and 4,650, respectively.
The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,526 stocks traded so far, 1,570 declined, 871 advanced and the rest were unchanged today.
DLF and Jaiprakash Associates slumped around 13.5% each to Rs 153 and Rs 66, respectively. Reliance Infrastructure tumbled 10.5% to Rs 521.
ICICI Bank and HDFC plunged 7.5% each to Rs 385 and Rs 1,423, respectively.
Tata Steel shed 6.6% at Rs 172. Reliance Communications and Hindalco dropped over 6% each to Rs 160 and Rs 46, respectively.
SBI slipped nearly 5% to Rs 1,096. Wipro and Tata Motors declined 4.7% each to Rs 220 and Rs 143, respectively.
Sterlite and NTPC shed 4.5% each at Rs 264 and Rs 181, respectively.
Larsen & Toubro, TCS and HDFC were down almost 4% each at Rs 662, Rs 492 and Rs 889, respectively.
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