Sensex ends down 119pts; ICICI, HDFC Bank weigh

Mirroring weak trend in the global markets, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 182 points at 15,030, and soon touched a low of 15,013. Fresh buying at lower levels helped the index recoup The index and rebound into the positive zone to a high of 15,273 - up 243 points from the day's low.

However, the index could not hold gains, and finally ended with a loss of 119 points at 15,093 today.

The BSE Bankex dropped 2.2% to 7,271, and the Reatly index slipped 1.3% to 5,611. On the other hand, the BSE IT and Healthcare indices moved up over 1% each to 3,814 and 4,280, respectively.

The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,749 stocks traded, 1,420 declined, 1,238 advanced and 91 were unchanged today.

The NSE Nifty was down 23 points at 4,529.

INDEX SHAKERS...

ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank dropped 3.7% each to Rs 711 and Rs 1,217, respectively.

DLF shed 3.3% at Rs 549, and Reliance Infrastructure slipped 2.5% to Rs 1,068.

HDFC and Hindalco plunged 2% each to Rs 2,414 and Rs 140, respectively.

Larsen & Toubro, Tata Power and Reliance Communications declined nearly 2% each to Rs 2,796, Rs 1,019 and Rs 440, respectively.

Maruti, BHEL and Jaiprakash Associates were down 1% each at Rs 670, Rs 1,787 and Rs 187, respectively.

AND THE MOVERS..

Sterlite surged 2.7% to Rs 613.

Infosys and TCS advanced over 1% each to Rs 1,625 and Rs 828, respectively. Satyam was up nearly 1% at Rs 406.

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Reliance Natural Resources topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 252.70 crore followed by Reliance Capital (Rs 237.80 crore), Reliance (Rs 214.15 crore), Vishal Info (213.20 crore) and ICICI Bank (Rs 136.90 crore).

Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 2.45 crore shares followed by Chambal Fertilisers (1.13 crore), Nagarjuna Fertilisers (1.10 crore), Ispat Industries (1 crore) and Vishal Info (93.20 lakh).