The Sensex ended at 14,345 down 77 points.
The BSE benchmark index was on a choppy movement throughout the day. It opened up 54 points at 14,476 and soon touched a high of 14,578. The Sensex continued to be volatile intra-day and in the last hours, the index slipped into negative terrain. The Sensex finally ended the day at 14,345.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,242, down 51 points.
Among the sectoral indices, the major laggards were Auto, Oil & Gas, PSU and Consumer Durables. Auto and Oil & GAs slipped over 2% each.
PSU, Power and Consumer Durables shed nearly 1.5% each.
The market breadth was fairly positive-out of 2703 shares, 1410 advanced and 1214 declined.
INDEX LOSERS...
Tata Motors plunged over 5% at Rs 338.
Sun Pharma plummeted 3.5% at Rs 1,298.
Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra slipped nearly 3% each at Rs 1,027 and Rs 702, respectively.
BHEL, ONGC and Ranbaxy declined 2.5% each at Rs 2,133, Rs 1,025 and Rs 267, respectively.
ITC, Tata Steel and NTPC were down over 2% each at Rs 194, Rs 398 and Rs 194, respectively.
...AND THE GAINERS
HDFC advanced nearly 3% at RS 2,378.
Jaiprakash Associates, Tata Power and ACC gained nearly 2% each at Rs 218, Rs 1,154 and Rs 782, respectively.
ICICI Bank, Grasim and Larsen & Toubro added 1.5% each at Rs 698, Rs 2,352 and Rs 1,528, respectively.
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