The broader markets underperformed; the midcap index ended at 6662, down 133 points and the smallcap index ended at 8131, down 193 points.
The European indices, including the FTSE, CAC and DAX, had trading in a directionless manner in the middle of the day.
The Nifty ended below the 5700 mark at 5691, down 33 points.
The IT index had a cracker of a time to spurt around 2% and emerge as the leading gainer on the BSE.
The Nifty is down 33 points at 6,046. Earlier the day, the Sensex had opened in the green but quickly pared its initial gains on back of selling pressure in banking and auto shares.
The NSE Nifty was down 66 points at 6,080. In the broader markets, the midcaps and the smallcaps indexes were also down 1% each.
S&P BSE Midcap index and S&P BSE Smallcap were down 2% and 1.3% respectively
Several factors, like fear of FII withdrawals, high inflation numbers, telecom scam, RBI warning, etc, saw the markets plummet on Thursday.
The Nifty added 24 points to close at 5,556.
The Nifty added 15 points to close at 5,532.
The Nifty regained the 6000k mark to end at 6,009, up 48 points.
The market breadth was neutral.
The Nifty gained 31 points to end at 5,592.
The Nifty ended at 5416, down 4 points. The market breadth was weak. Out of 3045 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1293 advancing stocks as against 1640 dcelines.
The Nifty on the other hand lost 60 points to close the day at 5,138.
the Nifty added 23 points to end the day at 5,565.
Shares of RIL ended 2.4% higher as it pips TCS to become most valued firm
Of the total 3096 stocks traded,1796 stocks have declined while 1155 have advanced on the BSE.
The BSE benchmark index weakened by 295 points at 19,091 and the Nifty lost 95 points to close at 5,729.
The Sensex swung in a range of nearly 200 points before ending virtually unchanged at 20104, lower by 12 points and the Nifty ended at 6029, down six points.
