Sensex slumps 131pts; heavyweights weaken

The Sensex slipped deeper into red and touched a low of 9180. The index is now down 131 points at 9183.

Wipro continues to stay firm in positive ground. The stock is now up 2% at Rs 459. Infosys has declined 1% to Rs 2,734, and TCS is down 0.6% at Rs 1,614. Satyam is almost flat at Rs 727.

Reliance trades at Rs 700. Reliance Energy is down 1.2% at Rs 602.

ONGC has shed 2.7% to Rs 1,191.

HLL has dropped over 2% to Rs 182. ITC is down 1.4% at Rs 140.

HDFC and HDFC Bank have declined nearly 3% each to Rs 1,125 and Rs 727, respectively. SBI at Rs 891 and ICICI Bank at Rs 552 are down around 2% each.

Bharti Tele has shed 1.5% to Rs 326.

Tata Motors has slipped nearly 2% to Rs 617. Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda and Maruti are down 1% each at Rs 1,983, Rs 826 and Rs 643, respectively.

Out of 2,398 stocks traded so far, 645 have advanced, 1,683 have declined and the rest are unchanged.