The Sensex opened with a huge negative gap of 182 points at 15,030, and dropped to a low of 15,013 in early deals. Buying at lower levels saw the index move up to a high of 15,272 in noon deals - an intra-day swing of over 250 points. The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 119 points (0.78%) at 15,093.
The BSE Bankex declined over 2%. The BSE Healthcare and IT indices were up 1% each. Market breadth was bearish - out of over 2,745 scrips traded, over 1,400 declined.
ICICI Bank declined 4% to Rs 710. HDFC Bank was down over 3% at Rs 1,217. DLF was also down over 3% at Rs 549.
Reliance Infra, HDFC and Hindalco dropped over 2% each to Rs 1,068, Rs 2,414 and Rs 139, respectively. L&T, Tata Power, RCom, Maruti and BHEL also declined.
Sterlite moved up nearly 3% to Rs 613. Infosys was up over 1% at Rs 1,625. TCS, Satyam, Wipro, NTPC and HUL also finished with gains.
Total market turnover (BSE+NSE) was Rs 61,043 crore. RNRL was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 253 crore followed by Reliance Capital (Rs 238 crore), Reliance (Rs 214 crore), Vishal IT (Rs 213 crore) and ICICI Bank (Rs 137 crore).
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