The Sensex has recovered further and is now down 130 points at 16,922. The Small caps have under-performed today and is now down 1% at 8,669.
The FMCG sector, led by ITC has added 2% to 2,790. However, the IT, healthcare, bankex and realty indices are in red.
The BSE market breadth is negative. Out of 2,862 stocks traded, 72% have declined while 26% have advanced.
Larsen & Toubo has dropped 3.2% to Rs 1,475. Tata Steel has shed 3% at Rs 629.
Sun Pharma, DLF, ONGC, Jaiprakash Associates have slippe over 2% each.
Infosys, HDFC Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI are down 1.5% each. The other losers include ICICI Bank, HDFC and Reliance Communications.
However, BHEL has gained 3.3% to Rs 2,373 on a jump in Q3 net. ITC has added 2.8% to Rs 251 following an increase of 27% in Q3 net profit.
Reliance is up marginally ar Rs 1,061. earlier, the company reported its quarterly numbers. The net profit has advanced 16% at Rs 4,008 crore.