The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 173 points at 14,215. The index touched a high of 14,221, and soon slipped into the negative zone. The index rebounded and thereafter exhitbited lacklustre movement for most of the trading day.
Selective profit-taking saw the index slip to a low of 13,917 - down 304 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 47 points at 13,995.
The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,666 stocks traded, 1,354 declined, 1,234 advanced and 78 were unchanged today.
ACC and Tata Steel surged around 3% each to Rs 625 and Rs 494, respectively.
ITC rallied over 2% to Rs 195, and Hindustan Unilever gained 1.7% at Rs 249.
Bharti Airtel, Grasim and ICICI Bank advanced over 1% each to Rs 809, Rs 1,937 and Rs 634, respectively.
Satyam plunged 4.7% to Rs 353. Jaiprakash Associates tumbled nearly 4% to Rs 130, and Maruti dropped over 3% to Rs 718.
Ranbaxy, Hindalco and Larsen & Toubro shed around 2.7% each at Rs 347, Rs 110 and Rs 2,577, respectively.
Tata Motors and Reliance Infrastructure slipped nearly 2% each to Rs 415 and Rs 877, respectively.
Sterlite, BHEL and DLF declined around 1.5% each to Rs 460, Rs 1,684 and Rs 421, respectively.
ONGC and Reliance Communications were down 1.3% each at Rs 1,058 and Rs 369, respectively.
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