ICICI Bank has tumbled 4.7% to Rs 781. HDFC Bank has plunged over 3% to Rs 1,171.
SBI, Bharti Airtel and BHEL have declined 2.4% each to Rs 1,354, Rs 814 and Rs 1,503, respectively.
Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro have lost over 2% each at Rs 832 and Rs 2,782, respectively.
Infosys, Maruti and TCS have slipped 1.9% each to Rs 1,876, Rs 741 and Rs 904, respectively.
Satyam is down 1.7% at Rs 476.
Jaiprakash Associates, Wipro and Hindustan Unilever are the major losers.
Ambuja Cements has soared 5.7% to Rs 91, and ACC has surged 3.3% to Rs 659. Ranbaxy is up 3.1% at Rs 600.
Grasim has gained 2.6% to Rs 2,234. Hindalco has advanced 1.2% at Rs 175.
Tata Motors has added 0.6% to Rs 522.
The markets breadth is marginally positive - out of 2,614 stocks traded so far, 1,402 have advanced, 1,133 have declined and 79 are unchanged.
