Sensex down 68pts; HLL gains 3%

The Sensex is now down 68 points at 10,862.

HLL has gained 2.6% at Rs 244. Grasim has moved up nearly 2% to Rs 2034.

ICICI Bank and Hindalco are up over 1% each at Rs 494 and Rs 181, respectively.

Bharti Airtel has shed 2.6% to Rs 373. Wipro has slipped 2.3% to Rs 505, and Hero Honda is down over 2% to Rs 710.

Reliance, BHEL and Larsen & Toubro have declined nearly 2% each to Rs 1,078, Rs 1,950 and Rs 2,220, respectively.

TCS, Tata Motors and HDFC have shed 1.5% each to Rs 1,863, Rs 759 and Rs 1,185, respectively.

The market breadth is still positive - out of 2,295 stocks traded so far, 1,191 have advanced, 1,029 have declined and 75 are unchanged.