The markets ended in red with moderate losses as selling pressure was seen in capital goods, FMCG, IT, oil stocks. Broader markets ended marginally in green with both midcap and smallcap up 0.5%. On the global front, most Asian markets ended lower.

Wirpro, L&T, JP Associates were among the top laggards. SAIL, Grasim, Bharti Airtel, Tata Communications are among the tother losers.

Orchid Chem was up over 15%,JB Chemicals has approved a buyback upto 7% and the stocks was up , Glenmark was among active stocks and is up over 6%.

Among the top gainers were BHEL, DLF, SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Sterlite Industries.

Sensex closed down 169.46 points or 1.08% at 15587.62, and the Nifty down 51.55 points or 1.08% at 4709.65.

About 1395 shares have advanced, 1209 shares declined, and 468 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,383.02 up 0.6%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,814.17 down 0.5%.

The BSE Bankex ended at 7,569.16 up 0.6%. Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank, Allahabad Bank moved upwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed down 2% at 12,528.84.   L&T, Astra Microwave, BEML, Crompton Greave, Thermax, Greaves Cotton, Areva T&D closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,415.37 down 0.4%. Escorts, TVS Motor, Amtek Auto, Cummins, Punj Tractors, MRF closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 13,544.58 down 2%.  Hind Zinc, Sterlite, NALCO, Shree Precoated, Mah Seamless, Jindal Steel, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed down 0.5% at 2,372.64.  Colgate, ITC, Bata India, Godrej Consumer, HUL, GlaxoSmith Con closed lower.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,462.87 down 1%. GAIL, Reliance Natura, HPCL, RPL,ONGC, Reliance, ONGC ended in red
 
BSE power index closed at 2,973.68 down 5.6%. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, Crompton Greave ended in red.

The BSE IT Index was down 1.7% at 3,685.07. I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, Financial Tech, Mphasis, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys closed lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 12331.78 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 33143.36 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5134.69 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 50609.83 crore.

Asian markets were trading weak. Japan's Nikkei was down 0.93% or 125.22 points at 13,325.01. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.85% or 209.29 points at 24,369.47. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted fell 0.22% or 18.79 points at 8,711. Singapore's Straits Times declined 0.47% or 14.86 points 3,167.06. South Korea's Seoul Composite dropped 1.03% or 18.26 points at 1,755.30.