The Sensex, which slipped below the 6,100-mark to touch a low of 6,090, has steadily pared losses in current trades on sustained buying in select heavyweight, pharma and other old economy counters. The Sensex is now down 21 points at 6,152 as most of the stocks are trading off their lows on fresh buying support. The Nifty is down nine points at 1,918.ITC has bounced back sharply into the green, and has soared 3.23% (Rs 40) to Rs 1,281. While HLL is up a notch at Rs 142, Reliance is still trading a per cent lower (Rs 3) at Rs 510.Infosys is trading with a per cent loss (Rs 14) at Rs 1,942. While Wipro has dropped 2% (Rs 14) to Rs 673, Satyam is down 1.14% at Rs 354.SBI (down Rs 2 to Rs 579), HDFC Bank (down Rs 7 or 1.37% to Rs 512) and ICICI Bank (down Rs 4 or 1.21% to Rs 347) have pared losses.Bharti has tumbled 3.62% (Rs 8) to Rs 204 on sustained selling pressure. While HDFC has dipped 1.85% (Rs 14) to Rs 761, BHEL is down 1.28% (Rs 9) at Rs 685. Tata Power has slipped 1.90% (Rs 7) to Rs 362. HPCL, however, is up a per cent (Rs 3) at Rs 343.Gujarat Ambuja has shed 2.83% (Rs 13) to Rs 433. Grasim and ACC are down a per cent each at Rs 1,273 and Rs 362, respectively.Ranbaxy is up Rs 2 at Rs 1,001. Dr. Reddy's and Cipla are up a per cent each at Rs 716 and Rs 268, respectively.MTNL, which rose to an early high of Rs 150, has gained 5.69% (Rs 8) to Rs 143 on reports of the telecom PSU major considering dividend payouts and bonus issues. While Reliace Capital has added 2.54% to Rs 137, Britania is up 2.24% at Rs 895. Hind Zinc and HMT are up 2% each at Rs 141 and Rs 44, respectively.Select counters have come under sharp correction. Munjal Show has slumped 8.95% to Rs 200. While PSL has lost 5.31% to Rs 141, Indiabulls has declined 4.95% to Rs 74. Unitech, Indo Rama and United Western Bank are also trading with losses at Rs 273, Rs 60 and Rs 50, respectively.
