Net Chg
-151.33
The BSE Bankex dropped 1.4% to 10,212. The IT and Metal indices slipped 1% each to 4253 and 16,864, respectively.
ACC plunged 3.5% to Rs 1,020. ICICI Bank and Wipro slipped over 2% each to Rs 1,143 and Rs 460, respectively.
Satyam shed 1.8% at Rs 427. Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Tata Motors dropped 1.5% each to Rs 871, Rs 2,523 and Rs 696, respectively.
HDFC Bank, Bajaj Auto and Tata Steel declined 1.3% each to Rs 1,538, Rs 2,398 and Rs 834, respectively.
Grasim, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were down 1% each at Rs 3,503, Rs 744 and Rs 2,162, respectively.
The market breadth, however, was fairly positive - out of 2,557 stocks traded, 1,792 advanced, 701 declined and 64 were unchanged today.
