The Sensex opened 30 points higher at 15,993, and soon slipped into a negative zone in early trades after the government announced the hike in fuel prices. The index touched a day's low of 15,442 - down 520 points from its previous close due to heavy selling in realty, metal, power and oil & gas stocks. All the sectoral indices were in red today.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 448 points at 15,515.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,719 stocks traded, 1,967 declined, 676 advanced and 76 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss 130 points at 4,586.
Ambuja Cements plunged 5.5% to Rs 87, while Tata Steel tumbled 5.4% to Rs 816.
HDFC Bank slipped 5.2% to Rs 1,216. Maruti and BHEL dipped 5% each at Rs 746 and Rs 1,471, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Motors declined 4.9% each to Rs 1,070 and Rs 542, respectively.
DLF was down 4.7% at Rs 555, and Reliance dropped 4.1% to Rs 2,307.
Jaiprakash Associates, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were down around 4% each to Rs 198, Rs 568 and Rs 1,332, respectively.
Bharti Airtel slipped 3.8% to Rs 809. Hindalco and Larsen & Toubro lost around 3% each at Rs 179 and Rs 2,765, respectively.
Satyam slipped 2.8% to Rs 486. Infosys declined 2.7% to Rs 1,870.
HDFC and ACC shed 2.6% each at Rs 2,395 and Rs 633, respectively.
Reliance Communications was trading at Rs 540 - down 2.3%.
TCS, Ranbaxy and Hindustan Unilever were the other major losers.
ONGC was the only gainer among the Sensex stocks, up 5.3% to Rs 887.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 448 points at 15,515.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,719 stocks traded, 1,967 declined, 676 advanced and 76 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss 130 points at 4,586.
Ambuja Cements plunged 5.5% to Rs 87, while Tata Steel tumbled 5.4% to Rs 816.
HDFC Bank slipped 5.2% to Rs 1,216. Maruti and BHEL dipped 5% each at Rs 746 and Rs 1,471, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Motors declined 4.9% each to Rs 1,070 and Rs 542, respectively.
DLF was down 4.7% at Rs 555, and Reliance dropped 4.1% to Rs 2,307.
Jaiprakash Associates, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were down around 4% each to Rs 198, Rs 568 and Rs 1,332, respectively.
Bharti Airtel slipped 3.8% to Rs 809. Hindalco and Larsen & Toubro lost around 3% each at Rs 179 and Rs 2,765, respectively.
Satyam slipped 2.8% to Rs 486. Infosys declined 2.7% to Rs 1,870.
HDFC and ACC shed 2.6% each at Rs 2,395 and Rs 633, respectively.
Reliance Communications was trading at Rs 540 - down 2.3%.
TCS, Ranbaxy and Hindustan Unilever were the other major losers.
ONGC was the only gainer among the Sensex stocks, up 5.3% to Rs 887.
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