The Sensex opened almost flat at 14,290 - down seven points. The index moved up to a high of 14,347, but soon slipped into red owing to lack of buying support at higher levels.
The index, thereafter, exhibited lacklustre movement of most part of the trading day. Significant weakness towards the close owing to the futures & options expiry of August series saw the index slide to a low of 14,002 - down 345 points from the day's high.
The Sensex finally ended (provisional) with a loss of 220 points at 14,077.
