<b>Muhurat Day:</b> Sensex ends down 151pts

Net Chg

Nov 09, 200718,907.60

-151.33

Oct 21, 200612,736.8227.42 Nov 02, 20058072.75128.65 Nov 12, 20045964.019.67 Oct 25, 20034802.2844.91 Nov 04, 20022987.5837.00 Nov 14, 20013113.0435.85 Oct 26, 20003757.1613.55 Nov 07, 19994650.5452.09 Oct 19, 19982853.275.16 Oct 30, 19973803.24-131.09 Nov 10, 19963080.2613.60 * Data by BS Research Bureau 
The BSE Bankex dropped 1.4% to 10,212. The IT and Metal indices slipped 1% each to 4253 and 16,864, respectively.

ACC plunged 3.5% to Rs 1,020. ICICI Bank and Wipro slipped over 2% each to Rs 1,143 and Rs 460, respectively.

Satyam shed 1.8% at Rs 427. Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Tata Motors dropped 1.5% each to Rs 871, Rs 2,523 and Rs 696, respectively.

HDFC Bank, Bajaj Auto and Tata Steel declined 1.3% each to Rs 1,538, Rs 2,398 and Rs 834, respectively.

Grasim, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were down 1% each at Rs 3,503, Rs 744 and Rs 2,162, respectively.

The market breadth, however, was fairly positive - out of 2,557 stocks traded, 1,792 advanced, 701 declined and 64 were unchanged today.