The Sensex after moving in a range of 10,272 to 10,177, finally ended with a loss of 43 points at 10,201.
SBI rallied 2.8% to Rs 876. Larsen & Toubro spurted over 2% to Rs 2,344, and Gujarat Ambuja was up 1.6% at Rs 86.10.
ICICI Bank, Tata Power and NTPC moved up over 1% each to Rs 593, Rs 517 and Rs 133, respectively.
Dr.Reddy's tumbled 4% to Rs 1,308. Ranbaxy shed 1.5% to Rs 444, and Cipla dropped 1.2% to Rs 552.
While HLL slipped 2.5% to Rs 242, ITC declined 1.5% to Rs 163.
Hero Honda shed 2% to Rs 889. ONGC (Rs 1,177), Bajaj Auto (Rs 2,584), HDFC Bank (Rs 712), Bharti (Rs 363) and HDFC (Rs 1,363) were down 1-2% each.
Satyam, Infosys and Wipro declined over 1% each to Rs 768, Rs 2,756 and Rs 516, respectively.