The Sensex tried to recover, however the index is still languishing in the negative terrain.
The index is now 15,008, down 90 points.
The BSE Realty index has slipped 4% to 3,872.
The Metal and the Bankex indices have dropped 2.5% each to 11,399 and 8,015, respectively.
Grasim has added 3% to Rs 2,586. Infosys has gained 2.5% at Rs 1,732.
Reliance, Wipro, Larsen & Toubro and Maruti are up over 1-1.5% each.
SBI, Jaiprakash Associates and Sterlite have dropped over 4% each to Rs 1,737, Rs 221 and Rs 645, respectively.
Tata Steel has slipped 3.5% to Rs 447.
DLF and Hindalco have declined over 2.5% each to Rs 395 and Rs 90, respectively.
Ranbaxy, ONGC,ACC and Mahindra & Mahindra, BHEL, ICICI Bank,HDFC, NTPC, ITC and Hindustan Unilever are down 1-2.5% each.
The breadth is still negative, out of 2,661 shares traded, 1,776 have declined and 834 have advanced so far on the BSE.
