The Sensex opened 81 points higher at 14,563, but soon slipped into a negative zone for a whole day.
The index saw the profit booking in late noon deals in the realty, banking & power stocks. All the other sectoral indices were in red too.
The Sensex moved in a range of 301 points between 14,262 (low) and 14,563 (high).
The index finally ended (provisional) with a loss of 181 points at 14,301.
The NSE Nifty ended (provisional) with a loss of 41 points at 4,296.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,702 stocks traded, 1,568 declined, 1,035 advanced and 99 were unchanged today.
