Markets still in red

The markets continue to languish in red. The Sensex is now at 16,835, down 60 points.

Among the sectoral indices, realty, oil & gas and banking indices have slipped 0.5% each.

Among the list of losers, ACC and Hindustan Unilever have declined 1% each to Rs 855 and Rs 265. Maruti, Hindalco and Infosys are down 0.5% each at Rs 1,538, Rs 144 and Rs 2,540, respectively.

Wipro and Tata Motors have advanced 2% each to Rs 688 and Rs 723, respectively.

Tata Steel, TCS and Sun Pharma have added 0.5% each at Rs 568, Rs 727 and Rs 1,490, respectively.

The market breadth is fairly positive, out of 2,302 shares traded, 1,259 have advanced and 968 have declined so far on the BSE.