Sensex stuck in red; Capital Goods down 2.5%

The Sensex is still languishing in the negative zone and is now at 15,259, down 152 points.

The BSE Capital Goods has slipped 2.5% to 12,958. The technology stocks have declined 2.3% to 2,678.

The Metal and Oil & Gas stocks have however bucked the trend.

Sterlite has gained 2.3% at Rs 719 and Reliance is up 1.7% at Rs 2,339.

Ranbaxy and DLF have slipped 5.7% each to Rs 283 and Rs 368, respectively.

Reliance Communications has dropped 5% to Rs 330.

Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Power, SBI, Tata Motors, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, BHEL, ACC and Sun Pharma have declined 2-4% each.

Grasim, HDFC, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, HDFC Bank, TCS and ICICI Bank are down 1-2% each.

The market breadth is negative, out of 2,738 shares traded, 2,028 have declined and 658 have declined so far on the BSE.