Sensex ends at 13,157, down 30pts

After opening with a positive gap of 22 points, the Sensex soon rallied to a high of 13,301 - up 114 points. The index, thereafter, exhibited lacklustre movement with positive bias for a major part of the trading day backed by steady buying in Infosys and HDFC.

However, late selling in select stocks like Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, NTPC and Tata Steel saw the index slip into the negative zone to a low of 13,135 - down 166 points from the day's high.

The Sensex finally settled with a marginal loss of 30 points at 13,157.