Healthcare, auto and financial stocks lagged.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries will take a call on whether to shut Ranbaxy's troubled factories or make changes in the top management of the latter only after its $4-billion acquisition deal is complete.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 207 points to end at 25,230.
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
Index heavyweights ITC was the top gainer along with RIL and HDFC
IT and pharma companies again save the day; mask pain in domestic consumption.
The winter session of Parliament will commence on November 26.
Tata Steel, others sell assets abroad after taking massive impairments.
Earning woes drag markets lower; TCS, HUL lead fall.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
The broader markets ended in line with the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher by 1.3% and 0.9% each.
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