Intra-day profit booking in realty, metal and FMCG stocks pushed the index into a negative zone to touch a day's low of 15,136.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 60 points at 15,190.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,678 stocks traded, 1,445 advanced, 1,156 declined and 77 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss of 22 points at 4,517.
INDEX SHAKERS...
Jaipakash Associates plunged over 4% to Rs 179. DLF tumbled 3.6% to Rs 480.
HDFC Bank declined 3.4% at Rs 1,123. Cipla slipped 2.6% to Rs 211. Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Infrastructure dropped 2.5% each to Rs 225 and Rs 1,020, repsectively.
Maruti lost around 2% at Rs 722. Tata Steel and HDFC dipped 1.9% each to Rs 841 and Rs 2,133, respectively.
Grasim, Hindalco and Mahindra & Mahindra declined 1.3% each to Rs 2,182, Rs 175 and Rs 570, respectively.
ITC and NTPC shed 1.2% each at Rs 197 and Rs 161, respectively.
Wipro and Ambuja Cements were down over 1% each to Rs 478 and Rs 85, respectively.
...AND THE MOVERS
Ranbaxy surged 4.3% to Rs 567. ICICI Bank gained over 3% to Rs 765.
BHEL moved up 2.8% to Rs 1,561, while TCS advanced 2.2% to Rs 908.
Tata Motors inched up 1.7% at Rs 516. ONGC added 1.2% to Rs 841.
Reliance Communications, ACC and Larsen & Toubro were the other major gainers.
MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS
Reliance Capital led the value chart with a turnover of Rs 269.58 crore followed by Anu Labs (Rs 261.64 crore), Chambal Fertilisers (Rs 248.30 crore), Reliance Petroleum (Rs 246.70 crore) and Reliance (Rs 220.70 crore).
Chambal Fertilisers topped the volume chart with trades of around 2.81 crore shares followed by Nagarjuna Fertiliser (1.78 crore), Reliance Petroleum (1.37 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (1.30 crore) and IFCI (1.26 crore).
