The Sensex opened on a flat note at 6,283 and quickly added another four points over its last close to touch a high of 6,288. The market, however, soon eased in early trades and witnessed a sharp bearish trend through the trading session today.After slipping below the 6,200-mark in early noon trades, the market went into a over-heated position in late noon trades as relentless selling pressure across-the-board dragged the index to a low of 6,138 - down 146 points over its previous close.The Sensex finally signed off the session with a huge slump of 130 points at 6,154. The Nifty crashed 39 points to close at 1,902.Reliance plunged 2.75% (Rs 15) to Rs 528. ONGC shed 2.88% (Rs 24) to Rs 811. HLL, on dismal Q1 performance, dropped nearly 4% (Rs 6) to Rs 138. ITC recovered marginally from its lows to end down a per cent (Rs 14) at Rs 1,437.ICICI Bank scaled down nearly 4% (Rs 15) to Rs 360. While SBI lost 3.22% (Rs 19) to Rs 585, HDFC Bank, however, ended up a per cent (Rs 3) at Rs 540.Satyam tumbled 4.54% (Rs 19) to Rs 399, and Wipro was down 1.17% (Rs 7) at Rs 632. Infosys, after a mixed outing, slipped a per cent (Rs 17) to Rs 1,887.Tata Motors crashed 4% (Rs 17) to Rs 412. While Hero Honda slumped 3.35% (Rs 17) to Rs 502, Maruti lost 2% (Rs 9) to Rs 406.Hindalco at Rs 1,186 (down Rs 52 or 4.20%), HDFC at Rs 731 (down Rs 18 or 2.40%) and HPCL at Rs 303 (down Rs 15 or 4.79%) were battered on the back of relentless selling pressure. Tisco and Tata Power were down a per cent each at Rs 341 and Rs 347, respectively. Zee, however, was up 1.35% (Rs 2) at Rs 131.Grasim crashed 4.36% (Rs 53) to Rs 1,150. Other cement majors also ended in the red.Dr. Reddy's ended 1.87% lower (Rs 12) at Rs 637. While Ranbaxy also ended weak at Rs 913 (down Rs 5), Cipla, however, moved up 2.29% (Rs 6) to Rs 264.
