The Sensex is now down 117 points at 13,847.
The NSE Nifty is down 22 points at 4,135.
Maruti has plunged 3% to Rs 571. ITC has dropped 2.6% to Rs 179.
ICICI Bank, Jaiprakash Associates and Hindalco have slipped 2.3% each to Rs 607, Rs 169 and Rs 142, respectively.
TCS has declined 1.8% to Rs 860. Mahindra & Mahindra and Satyam are down 1.5% each at Rs 426 and Rs 475, respectively.
Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and Reliance are down 1% each at Rs 400, Rs 740 and Rs 2,060, respectively.
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ACC has surged 3.5% to Rs 555, and Ambuja Cements has rallied 3% to Rs 79.
HDFC, too, has gained nearly 3% at Rs 2,155. Tata Steel has added 2.7% to Rs 697.
DLF has moved up over 2% to Rs 460. Reliance Infrastructure is up 1.6% at Rs 849.
The market breadth has turned positive - out of 2,515 stocks traded so far, 1,234 have advanced, 1,201 have declined and 80 are unchanged.