Mumbai: After struggling with the bears, the market closed in negative terrain. The Nifty gave away the 6500-level, holding it well for five consecutive days. The Nifty ended down 23.80 points at 6493.10.
The Sensex was down 81.61 points at 21774.61. About 1278 shares advanced, 1495 shares declined, and 141 shares were unchanged.
The market started to slide in the last trading hour. BSE Realty fell 3.7 per cent in last 40 minutes of trading while BSE Metals lost 2 per cent.
Infosys was the biggest laggard of the day, slipping over 8 per cent at close.
With that Infosys marked the biggest per centage loss since April 2013.
Sun Pharma ended down 5 per cent. Sesa Sterlite, Axis Bank and TCS were other losers in the Sensex.
Among the gainers in the Sensex were M&M, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Coal India and Hero MotoCorp.
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