The index tumbled to a low of 11,621 - down 406 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 193 points at 11,683. In the process, the index has shed 434 points in the last two trading days as investors await the elections results this weekend.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,555, down 66 points.
However, it may be noted that the index has surged 42.7 per cent in the last nine straight weeks.
The BSE Realty index declined over 5.5 per cent to 2,355. The market breadth was negative- out of 2,580 shares traded, 1,569 declined and 920 advanced.
INDEX SHAKERS...
DLF shed 5 per cent to Rs 228. SBI, Reliance Communications and Jaiprakash Associates declined over 4.5 per cent each to 1,261, Rs 219 and Rs 133, respectively.
Tata Motors and Tata Steel slumped 4 per cent each to Rs 257 and Rs 271, respectively.
. . .AND THE MOVER
Mahindra & Mahindra advanced 1.5 per cent to Rs 502.
OTHER PROMINENT LOSERS...
MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS. . .
ICICI Bank topped the value chart with a total turnover of Rs 193.70 crore. It was followed by SBI (Rs 182.29crore), Reliance (Rs 173.77 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 165.76 crore) and Reliance Capital (Rs 152.59 crore).
Cals Refineries led the volume chart with trades of around 38.13 million shares. It was followed by Unitech (20.49 million), Dish TV (19 million), Kashyap Technologies (12.82 million) and Ispat Industries (12.42 million).