The Sensex has ended (provisional) at 15,379 - down 89 points.
The Nifty has ended (provisional) down 18 points at 4,591.
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(Updated at 1506 hrs)
The Sensex after exhibiting lacklustre movement for quite sometime has slipped into negative. The index is now at 15,387, down 80 points.
The NSE Nifty is now at 4,590, down 18 points.
Tata Power, Bharti Airtel and Reliance have declined 1.5% each to Rs 1,262, Rs 406 and Rs 1,945, respectively.
Mahindra & Mahindra has shed 1% to Rs 819.
Reliance Communications has rallied nearly 6% to Rs 292.
Sterlite has gained 2.5% to Rs 650.
Tata Steel and Infosys have advanced 1.5% each to Rs 424 and Rs 2,195, respectively.
The market breadth is positive - out of 2,807 stocks, 1,506 have advanced and 1,215 have declined.
