Sensex ends (provisional) at 20,308 - down 235 points. Nifty ends down 68 points at 6,118.
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(Updated at 1505 hrs)
Markets make a steep fall in the afternoon session on back of selling pressure in Realty and Metal stocks. The Sensex plungers 200 points tp 20,321 and the Nifty slides to 6121, down 65 points.
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(Updated 14:05 pm)
The broader markets continue to outperform the benchmark indices. The Mid-cap index is up 690 points at 8496 and the Small-cap index is at 10,722 up 85 points. The BSE 500 market continues to remain positive as 332 stocks are advancing while 163 stocks are declining
BOC India is the top gainer among the Mid-cap stocks followed by Binani Cement, GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare, Jagran Prakashan and U B Holdings, up more than 5% each.
Among the Small-cap stocks, GMR Industries is leading the gains, the stock is trading at Rs 133 up 20%. Binani Industries, Kingfisher Airlines, Supreme Petrochem and Cals refineries are also among the gainers.
Meanwhile the European markets are also trading flat Frechn's CAC is unchanged at 3764 points and FTSE is at 5684, up two points.
Back home the Consumer Durables index is the top sectoral gainer, the index is at 6632, up 65 points, followed by Health-care, Power and Oil & Gas indices.
However IT, Bankex, Realty and Capital Goods indices are in the red.
Infosys is the top loser among the IT stocks down nearly one per cent at Rs 3075 followed by HCL Technologies, Financial Technologies and Wipro.
On the Bankex, Canara Bank is the top loser followed by Federal Bank, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Yes Bank down more than 0.5% each.
RCom leads the Sensex charts up 3.5% at Rs 183 followed by Tata Power, Hindalco Industries, ACC and Bharti Airtel up more than 1% each.
At the same time Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC, Infosys, Tata Steel and HDFC Bank are the significant losers among the Sensex stocks.
