The Sensex opened on a weak note at 20,404 - down 61 points, but moved up to a high of 20,520 in early noon deals.
Selling in scrips like Bharti, ICICI Bank and Grasim saw the index drop to a low of 20,294 in late noon deals.
The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 120 points at 20,345. The NSE Nifty ended flat at 6,178.
The Sensex had hit an all-time high of 20,529 in noon deals yesterday before closing with a gain of 164 points at 20,465.
The BSE Power Index zoomed over 3% (148 points) to 4806 today. The BSE PSU Index was up over 2% at 11,011.
Market breadth was bullish - out of 2,954 scrips traded, 1,610 logged gains today.
Index Losers...
ICICI Bank declined 3% to Rs 1,228. ITC also slipped 3% to Rs 214.
Grasim dropped 4% to Rs 3,604. ACC and Ambuja Cements also declined today.
TCS and Wipro slipped 3% each to Rs 1,018 and Rs 496, respectively. Infosys declined 2% to Rs 1,713.
.....And Gainers
NTPC zoomed 7.5% to Rs 277.
Reliance Energy advanced over 6% (Rs 152) to Rs 2,517.
ONGC moved up nearly 3% to Rs 1,306.
HUL added 3% to Rs 223. Reliance was 1.4% at Rs 2,903.
Most Active Counters
RNRL was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 521 crore followed by debutant Burnpur Cement (Rs 462 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 395 crore), debutant BGR Energy (Rs 393 crore) and Reliance Petroleum (Rs 311 crore).
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