Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Hindalco Industries, Tata Steel and Vedanta were down up to 70 per cent below their one-year highs.
Yes Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, crashing 8.36 per cent, followed by NTPC, M&M, Vedanta, Sun Pharma and TCS, which lost up to 4.81 per cent lower.
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
The NSE Nifty ended flat at 2807. The market breadth was marginally positive at close - out of 2,569 stocks traded, 1,245 advanced and 1,219 declined.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,719, up 102 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,551 stocks traded, 1,583 advanced, 855 declined and 113 were unchanged on Friday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,617, up 44 points. The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,520 stocks traded, 1,261 declined, 1,163 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Thursday.
In the Sensex pack, Sun Pharma was the biggest gainer, rallying 4.48 per cent, followed by Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Coal India, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti and HCL Tech, rising up to 3.01 per cent. While, RIL, PowerGrid, HDFC, L&T, IndusInd Bank, NTPC and Bajaj Finance declined up to 1.50 per cent.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,039, down 39 points. The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,616 stocks traded, 1,275 advanced, 1,258 declined and the rest were unchanged on Monday.
Tracking the strong momentum in the broader market, as many as 99 stocks touched their one-year high level on the BSE on Monday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3142, up 98 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,655 stocks traded, 1,809 advanced, 777 declined and the rest were unchanged on Tuesday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,065, down 170 points. The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,588 stocks traded, 1,733 declined, 778 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Wednesday.
The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,673 stocks traded, 2,170 declined, 444 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Friday. The BSE Realty index slumped 6.3% (243 points) to 3,597. The Metal index shed 4.8% (475 points) at 9,502, and the Bankex dropped 4.3% (293 points) to 6,571.
Unabated selling in banking, realty and technology stocks saw the index slide to a low of 13,543. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 425 points at 13,570. The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,652 stocks traded, 1,823 declined, 760 advanced and the remaning were unchanged on Tuesday.
NSE Nifty is trading at 4,280, up 30 points.
Banking, realty, energy and capital goods stocks were the major gainers today. The Sensex touched a high of 15,106, and finally ended with a gain of 551 points at 15,050. The BSE Realty index soared 7.3% (367 points) to 5,367, and the Bankex zoomed 6% (425 points) to 7,447.
However, profit-taking towards the close saw the the index pare gains and touch a low of 14,416. The Sensex finally ended with a nominal gain of 49 points at 14,450. The BSE Realty index surged 2% to 5,044, and the Bankex moved up 1.3% to 6,746. On the other hand, the Metal and Power indices slipped 1% each to 12,243 and 2,573, respectively.
Unabated selling in realty, financial and capital goods stocks saw the index slide to a low of 14,687 - down 406 points from the previous close. The BSE Realty index slumped 8% (447 points) to 5,164. The Bankex tanked 5% (368 points) to 6,903, and the Capital Goods index shed 3.7% (468 points) at 12,139.
The market breadth was fairly bullish - out of 2,776 stocks traded, 1,736 moved up, 971 declined and the rest were unchanged on Monday. The BSE Realty index surged 5.3% to 5,799. The Bankex advanced over 4% to 7,702, and the Oil & Gas index surged 3% to 10,437. The NSE Nifty moved up 91 points to end at 4,620.
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 55 points at 13,183.
The BSE Realty index soared 6% to 4,901, and the Bankex surged almost 5% to 6,183. The NSE Nifty moved up 169 points to settle at 4,157.
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The markets opened in red in line with weak Asian peers.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 108 points at 20,836 and touched a high of 20,873 in early deals. The index slipped into negative zone soon, and exhibited a weak trend for the rest of the trading day.
The Nifty gained 73 points to close at 5,569.
The stock market benchmark Sensex on Monday crossed the psychologically gratifying 19,000- mark in a record four trading sessions on frantic buying in a number of front-line stocks.
The Sensex has dropped below the 10,700-mark, and is now at the day's low at 10,686 - down 49 points.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,402, up 46 points.
The NSE Nifty ended up 35 points at 4,249.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 90 points at 14,217
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
The BSE Sensex opened with a negative gap of 90 points at 13,034
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
The Sensex rallied to a high of 12,760, before settling with a gain of 282 points (2.3%) at 12,697.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap 54 points at 13,704.
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
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Sectors like the BSE IT, Bankex, FMCG, Healthcare and Oil indices, which gained sharply today, were obviously the ones that drove the Sensex to 12K.
The 30-share Sensex was up 191 points at 28,707.75 and the 50-share Nifty was up 54 points at 8,714.
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