Sensex ends down 187pts; sheds 10% in 5 days

A fresh round of selling in noon trades saw the index slip into the negative zone. The index, thereafter, staged a sharp pull-back only to tumble deeper into red at the closing bell.

The index touched a low of 13,991 - down 443 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 187 points at 14,106.

In the process, the index has now shed over 10% (1,591 points) in the last five trading sessions.

The NSE Nifty ended with a loss of 75 points at 4,191.

INDEX SHAKERS...

Hindustan Unilever slumped 5.3% to Rs 215. Tata Steel plunged 4.6% to Rs 711.

NTPC tumbled 4% to Rs 156. ONGC, Larsen & Toubro and Ambuja Cements dropped over 3.5% each to Rs 855, Rs 2,311 and Rs 81, respectively.

HDFC Bank shed 3.3% at Rs 1,060. Grasim and Infosys slipped 3% each to Rs 2,083 and Rs 1,793, respectively.

Reliance Communications and Hindalco declined over 2.5% each to Rs 475 and Rs 145, respectively.

ACC, ICICI Bank and ITC dropped over 2% each to Rs 592, Rs 705 and Rs 191, respectively.

Mahindra & Mahindra and Wipro were also down over 2% each at Rs 537 and Rs 470, respectively.

...AND THE MOVERS

HDFC and Ranbaxy rallied 2.3% each to Rs 2,266 and Rs 525, respectively.

Reliance and BHEL also surged over 2% each to Rs 2,066 and Rs 1,391, respectively.

Jaiprakash Associates advanced over 1% to Rs 155.

MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS

Reliance Capital topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 454 crore followed by Reliance (Rs 342 crore), Reliance Communications (Rs 184 crore), Anu Labs (Rs 178.50 crore) and Larsen & Toubro (Rs 174.80 crore).

Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 1.40 crore shares followed by IFCI (1.32 crore), Reliance Petroleum (Rs 1.05 crore), Chambal Fertilisers (99.15 lakh) and Ispat Industries (84 lakh).