Sensex down 185pts; breadth marginally +ve

The Sensex is now down 185 points at 15,572.

The NSE Nifty is down 59 points at 4,702.

Wipro has slumped 4.5% to Rs 415. Larsen & Toubro has plunged 3.7% to Rs 2,619.

Grasim and Jaiprakash Associates have tumbled over 3% each to Rs 2,542 and Rs 225, respectively.

Hindustan Unilever and TCS have shed 2.5% each at Rs 246 and Rs 877, respectively.

ACC and Infosys have dropped around 2% each to Rs 819 and Rs 1,464, respectively.

ONGC, Reliance and Tata Steel have slipped 1.7% each to Rs 1,000, Rs 2,365 and Rs 668, respectively.

NTPC, Ranbaxy and Bharti Airtel have declined around 1.5% each to Rs 188, Rs 476 and Rs 807, respectively.

BHEL has advanced over 2% to Rs 1,672.

The market breadth is marginally positive - out of 2,334 stocks traded so far, 1,189 have advanced, 1,082 have declined and 63 are unchanged.