Sensex ended with negative note

The Sensex ended with a negative note on Wednesday. Earlier, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Senesx opened with positive note at 19 points at 16,905. Thereafter, it plunged in negative terrain and finally ended in red. It closed down 170 points at 16,717. On the other hand, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty ended below 5000 mark. It was ended marginally in the red at 4969.95 points, down 1 per cent. Broader market indices also ended in the positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index closing 1.29% lower and the BSE smallcap index down 1.44%.



The markets breadth was negative. Out of 2,864 stocks traded, 1,001 advanced and 1,784 declined. Sterlite increased 1.09% to Rs 769, HDFC Bank gained 1.45% to Rs 1,560 and Sun Pharma surged 0.58% to Rs 1,212. Bharti Airtel shunk 3.43% to Rs 414, Reliance Communications down by 2.9% to Rs 308 and Jaiprakash Associates dipped 6.34% to Rs 235. Reliance Infrastructure, Hindustan Unilever and Mahindra & Mahindra were plunged in red between 1 and 2% each.