Sensex slips 150pts; breadth fairly -ve

The Sensex continues to languish in the negative zone and is now down 152 points at 14,633.

The Realty and Power indices are the major laggards. The Realty index is down 5.6% at 3,269, and the Power index has shed 2.5% at 2,863.

Tata Motors has plunged over 5% at Rs 297.

DLF has declined nearly 5% at Rs 321. Jaiprakash Associates and Sterlite have slipped over 4% each at Rs 211 and Rs 620, respectively.

Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Communications have dropped 3.5% each at Rs 1,220 and Rs 295, respectively.

ICICI Bank has shed nearly 3% at Rs 726.

Sun Pharma has advanced nearly 2% to Rs 1,121.

TCS and Grasim have added 1.5% each at Rs 392 and Rs 2,348, respectively.

Hinduatan Unilever and ONGC are up over 1 % each at Rs 269 and Rs 1,080, respectively.

The market breadth is fairly negative - out of 2,511 shares, 1,638 declined and 791 advanced.