Sensex down 69pts

The Sensex continues to languish in the negative zone, and is now down 69 points at 9515.

Ranbaxy is frim with a gain of 4% at Rs 394. Gujarat Ambuja has spurted by 2.5% to Rs 88.30.

HDFC is down 2.2% at Rs 1,235.

Reliace has dropped below Rs 900, and is now down 1.5% at Rs 896.

Infosys has declined 1.7% at Rs 2,980. While TCS and Satyam have slipped 1% each to Rs 1,675 and Rs 739, respectively, Wipro is marginally weak at Rs 460.

HLL has shed 1.2% at Rs 190. ITC is also weak at Rs 144.

Hero Honda has slipped 1.9% to Rs 855. Tata Motors is down nearly 1% at Rs 637.

Bharti Tele at Rs 343, Tata Power at Rs 457, Reliance Energy at Rs 610 have declined over 1%.

Out of 2,473 stocks traded so far, 1,017 have advanced, 1,380 have declined and the rest are unchanged.