Mirroring weak trend in the global markets, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 152 points at 14,413. After attempting a pull back the index slipped deeper into red to a low of 14,281 - down 284 points from the previous close.
The index, however, recovered most of its losses towards the close on the back of fresh buying in select banking and FMCG stocks. The Sensex touched a high of 14,546, and finally ended with a marginal loss of 30 points at 14,535.