The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 350 points at 18,012 on global cues. The index dropped to a low of 17,443 - down 919 points from the previous close - in morning deals.

Buying at lower levels, mainly seen in auto and financial stocks, saw the index touch a high of 18,213 - a recovery of 770 points from the day's low.

The Sensex eventually closed with a loss of 209 points (1.1%)at 18,153.

The NSE Nifty declined 109 points (2%)to 5,274.

The BSE Auto index surged 1.7% to 4,843, and the Bankex moved up over 1% to 11,521.

The BSE market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,747 stocks traded, 1,851 declined, 865 advanced and 31 were unchanged today.

Index shakers...

DLF and Wipro [Get Quote] slumped around 5.5% each to Rs 893 and Rs 406, respectively.

Bharti Airtel [Get Quote] and Infosys [Get Quote] tumbled around 5% each to Rs 870 and Rs 1,447, respectively. Ranbaxy [Get Quote] shed 4.8% at Rs 350.

NTPC and SBI [Get Quote] plunged over 4% each to Rs 213 and Rs 2,308, respectively.

BHEL and Reliance Communications [Get Quote] slipped 3.3% each to Rs 2,092 and Rs 646, respectively. TCS [Get Quote] tumbled over 3% to Rs 854.

Tata Steel [Get Quote], Grasim [Get Quote] and Satyam [Get Quote] dropped around 2% each to Rs 698, Rs 2,970 and Rs 399, respectively.

Ambuja Cements and Reliance declined 1.8% each to Rs 115 and Rs 2,564, respectively.

...and the movers

Bajaj Auto [Get Quote] zoomed 8.6% to Rs 2,459. Maruti [Get Quote] soared 4.4% to Rs 866, and Mahindra & Mahindra moved up 1.8% to Rs 686.

HDFC [Get Quote] rallied 2.5% to Rs 2,782. ICICI Bank [Get Quote] advanced over 1% to Rs 1,274.

Reliance Energy [Get Quote] surged 3.3% to Rs 2,098. ACC added 1.4% to Rs 799. 

Major Gainers			Major Losers
Name	Close	% Chg	Name	Close	% Chg
Deepak Spinners [Get Quote]	23.75	20.0	Swan Mills [Get Quote]	89.05	15.0
Rama Pulp	29.85	18.0	Indo Borax	101.90	11.9
Mayur Leather	33.80	16.5	Kovilp Lak	37.15	11.2
Zee News [Get Quote]	68.90	15.5	Alkyl Amin	99.40	11.0
Prithvi Inf	287.40	14.0	Muller & Ph	156.25	10.0
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs)

Value & volume toppers

Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 239.40 crore followed by Reliance Capital [Get Quote] (Rs 179.30 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 164.50 crore), Essar Oil [Get Quote] (Rs 164.40 crore) and Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] (Rs 150.40 crore).

Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around Rs 1.73 crore shares followed by Ispat Industries [Get Quote] (1.48 crore), Reliance Petroleum (91.10 lakh), IFCI (76.25 lakh) and Essar Oil (74.80 lakh).

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