Sensex slips into red, down 33pts

The Sensex opened on a flat note at 15,296, up six points, touched a high of 15,317 and soon slipped into the negative zone to a low of 15,227.

The index is now down 33 ponits at 15,257.

Ambuja Cements has plunged 1.8% to Rs 135.

ACC, Hindalco, Dr.Reddy's and ITC have slipped 1% each to Rs 1,098, Rs 177, Rs 667 and Rs 154, respectively.