On the Bombay Stock Exchange, all sectors ended under the red zone except Consumer Durables, the sectors fell sharply were Consumer Goods (3.04%), Teck (2.65%), IT (2.48%), Oil & Gas (2.41%) and Bankex (2.40%).

And, on the National Stock Exchange, the companies which gained were NTPC, RCOM, Bajaj Auto and Hindustan Unilever, ended up by 1%, 0.71%, 0.43% and 0.03%, respectively.

The top losers on the NSE were BPCL (5.34%), JP Associates (5.13%), HDFC Bank (4.52%), IDFC (4.36%) and Ranbaxy (4.21%).

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