Selling pressure in noon deals saw the index drop to a low of 19,936 - an intra-day swing of 235 points.
The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 74 points (0.37%) at 20,031. The Nifty lost 10 points to close at 6,048.
The BSE Smallcap and Midcap indices, however, finished with gains of over 1% each at 9472 and 12,195, respectively.
The BSE Healthcare index gained over 2.5% at 4308. The consumer durables index also moved up over 2.5% to 6204.
Advances were ahead of declines over 2:1 - out of 2,940 scrips traded, 2,077 logged gains and 837 declined today.
INDEX LOSERS...
Bharti dropped over 3% (Rs 35) to Rs 952.
ICICI Bank slipped nearly 3% (Rs 36) to Rs 1,207.
HDFC declined 2.5% (Rs 79) to Rs 3,059.
Satyam and Tata Motors were down 2% each at Rs 411 and Rs 744,
respectively.
HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and L&T dropped over 1% each today.
...AND GAINERS
ACC moved up 3.6% (Rs 38) to Rs 1,103.
Ranbaxy and Cipla were up 2.6% each at Rs 422 and Rs 209, respectively.
Reliance closed with a gain of nearly 2% (Rs 56) at Rs 2,889.
HUL, ITC, Hindalco and Ambuja Cement also finished with gains.
MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS
Sun TV was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 482 crore followed by debutant Kaushal Infra (Rs 251 crore), Kolte Patil (Rs 246 crore), JP Hydropower (Rs 207 crore) and IFCI (Rs 206 crore).
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