Sensex ends down 167pts

The Sensex today opened with a negative gap of 30 points, at 12,101. After moving sideways till noon, the index rebounded into the positive zone and touched a high of 12,272. But the Sensex could not hold gains and plunged into the negative zone and touched a low of 11,899, down 373 points from the day's high.

The index has finally ended (provisional) at 11,964, down 167 points.