The Sensex has slipped back into the negative zone and is now down 53 points at 10,926.
Tata Steel has slumped 6% to Rs 247. Tata Motors and ICICI Bank have plunged over 5% each to Rs 233 and Rs 404, respectively.
Maruti has tumbled over 4% to Rs 799. Reliance Infrastructure and Sterlite have slipped around 3% each to Rs 674 and Rs 388, respectively.
SBI has dropped 2.7% to Rs 1,261. Mahindra & Mahindra and Larsen & Toubro have declined 2.3% each to Rs 439 and Rs 864, respectively.
Bharti Airtel has surged 4.5% to Rs 720. ITC has rallied 3% to Rs 190.
DLF has moved up 2.7% to Rs 237. Sun Pharma and Hindalco have gained 2.3% each at Rs 1,210 and Rs 55, respectively.
Wipro and Tata Power are up nearly 2% each at Rs 279 and Rs 875, respectively.
The market breadth is marginally negative - out of 2,536 stocks traded so far, 1,284 have declined, 1,155 have advanced and the rest are unchanged.
