The Sensex swung in a wide range of 11,357-11,231, before settling with a loss of 27 points at 11,280.
BHEL surged over 5% to Rs 2,247. Cipla rallied 4% to Rs 662. Tata Steel and Tata Motors were up 2.7% each at Rs 537 and Rs 933, respectively.
Maruti advanced 2.2% to Rs 874. Bajaj Auto and Grasim were up nearly 2% each at Rs 2,747 and Rs 2,077, respectively.
Ranbaxy plunged 4.5% to Rs 432. TCS dropped 2.7% to 1,914. ONGC and ITC shed 2% each to Rs 1,310 and Rs 195, respectively.
While Infosys declined 1.8% to Rs 2,981, Wipro slipped 1% to Rs 559. HDFC dropped 1.6% to Rs 1,336, and Larsen & Toubro was down 1% at Rs 2,433.
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