Sensex slips into red, down 91pts

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 159 points. The index soon zoomed to a high of 11,697 - up 306 points from the previous close.

However, a fresh round of selling at higher levels saw the index tumble into the negative zone. The index slumped to a low of 11,262 - down 435 points from the day's high.

The index is now down 91 points at 11,300.