The benchmark index (CSE-40) was down 35.40 points during the session. The local bourse opened at 6250.94 and during the day declined to end at 6215.54.
Among major scrips, Blueprint Securities was at Rs 307.10. Infosys Technologies was marginally higher at Rs 2229.25 at close.
State Bank of India was down to Rs 2193 and Reliance Industries slipped to Rs 719 at close.
Tata Steel was down to Rs 426 and Twenty-First Century was at Rs 325.30.
