Mirroring weak trend in the global markets, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 182 points at 15,030, and soon touched a low of 15,013. Fresh buying at lower levels helped the index recoup The index and rebound into the positive zone to a high of 15,273 - up 243 points from the day's low.
However, the index could not hold gains, and finally ended (provisional) with a loss of 101 points at 15,111 today.
The NSE Nifty was down 16 points at 4,537.