The Sensex opened on a flat note at 6,477, which also turned out to be the high for the day. The index was in negative zone right through the session, and dipped to a low of 6,382 towards the closing bell. The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 82 points (1.3%) at 6,397 points.
While 24 index scrips declined, six advanced today. Declining shares logged a volume of 86 lakh shares totalling Rs 422 crore. The turnover of advancing shares was low at Rs 25 crore.
Frontline tech scrips were dumped today. Infosys dropped more than 2% (Rs 47) to Rs 2,079. While Satyam slipped 2.6% (Rs 11) to Rs 401, Wipro was down more than 2% (Rs 15) at Rs 652.
Reliance declined 1.8% (Rs 10) to Rs 547. SBI lost 1.7% (Rs 11) to Rs 642. HLL dipped 1.4% (Rs 2) to Rs 130. ONGC slipped 1.6% (Rs 14) to Rs 872. ITC was down Rs 3 at Rs 1,399.
ACC declined 1.5% (Rs 5) to Rs 357. Grasim was also down Rs 4 at Rs 1,197, but Gujarat Ambuja was up a rupee at Rs 405.
Bajaj moved up 1.5% (Rs 16) to Rs 1,069. Hero Honda declined 2% (Rs 11) to Rs 524. Maruti was down over 2% (Rs 10) at Rs 402.
HDFC Bank was firm from the noon session, and closed with a gain of over 2% (Rs 12) at Rs 559. Ranbaxy firmed up in late trades, and moved up a per cent (Rs 9) to Rs 986.
ICICI Bank dropped 3% (Rs 11) to Rs 394. Bharti declined 2.5% (Rs 5) to Rs 208.
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