Sensex ends down 41pts at 14,163

Bouyant trend in global markets saw the Sensex open with a positive gap of 74 points at 14,278. All round buying saw the index rally to a high of 14,327. The index, thereafter, exhibited range-bound movement for major part of the trading.

Selling emerged in last hour of the trades and the index slipped into the negative zone. Heavy selling towards the fag end of the day saw the index slide to a low of 14,115 - down 212 points from the day's high.

The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 41 points at 14,163.