The Sensex opened with a gain of 27 points at 8,096, and touched a high of 8,126 in early deals. The gains were short-lived as the index soon drifted into negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 7,898 in late noon deals - an intra-day swing of 228 points. The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 1.8% (148 points) at 7,921.ONGC declined 3% (Rs 29) to Rs 926. ITC dropped 3% (Rs 4) to Rs 117. HLL was down Rs 4 at Rs 167. SBI was down 2.6% (Rs 23) at Rs 864. Reliance slipped 1.8% (Rs 14) to Rs 757. Infosys dropped 1.7% (Rs 43) to Rs 2,509. TCS was down Rs 23 at Rs 1,407, and Wipro declined Rs 13 to Rs 373. Satyam, however, was up Rs 4 at Rs 599.Tata Power lost 5% (Rs 22) to Rs 410. Tata Steel declined 4% (Rs 15) to Rs 352. BHEL was down over 3% (Rs 38) at Rs 1,125. L&T was down Rs 28 at Rs 1,298.Ranbaxy tanked nearly 9% (Rs 34) to Rs 355. Dr. Reddy's declined 3.8% (Rs 32) to Rs 807.Bajaj advanced over 3% (Rs 59) to Rs 1,798. While Maruti was up Rs 15 at Rs 572, Tata Motors added Rs 5 to Rs 517. Hero Honda, however, declined Rs 18 to Rs 726.
