The markets ended in red with moderate losses on account of buying interest in index pivitols. Capital goods, power, IT and oil & gas stocks were witnessing selling pressure. However, consumer durable, realty, pharma stocks witnessing are buying interest. Broader markets showed relative strength and closed flat. In the global front, Asia closed mixed and Europe was trading firm.

Shashun, Orchid Chemicals, Bombay Dyeing, Sesa Goa, Bajaj Hindustan closed firm.

After weak results Siemens has been languishing lower, it was down over 9%.

Jaiprakash Asso, Reliance Energy, HDFC Bank, Sterlite Ind, Tata Comm Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel were among the top gainers on the bourses.

Cipla, Tata Steel, Wipro, ABB and Cipla were top losers on the bourses.

Sensex closed down 110.02 points or 0.64% at 17015.96, and the Nifty down 22.05 points or 0.43% at 5089.65.

About 1396 shares have advanced, 1467 shares declined, and 216 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 7,067.40 up 0.2%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,709.82 down 0.2%.

The BSE Bankex ended at 8,816.84 down 0.6%. Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank, Allahabad Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed down 1.2% at 13,755.04. Siemens L&T, Astra Microwave, BEML, Crompton Greave, Thermax, Greaves Cotton, Areva T&D closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,577.20 down 0.6%. Escorts, TVS Motor, Amtek Auto, Cummins, Punj Tractors, MRF closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 15,624.22 down 1%. Hind Zinc, Sterlite, NALCO, Shree Precoated, Mah Seamless, Jindal Steel, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed down 0.3% at 2,400.22. Colgate, ITC, Godrej Consumer, HUL, GlaxoSmith Con closed lower.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 11,430.02 down 1%. GAIL, Reliance Natura, HPCL, RPL,ONGC, Reliance, ONGC ended in red.
 
BSE power index closed at 3,207.81 down 0.5%. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, Crompton Greave ended in red.

The BSE IT Index was down 1% at 4,026.74. Wipro, I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, Financial Tech, Mphasis, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys closed lower.

Asian markets were trading firm. Japan's Nikkei advanced 0.75% or 104.63 points at 13,968.10. Hong Kong's Hang Seng  0.70% or 177.89 points at 25,694.67. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted rose 0.415 or 36.87 points at 8,984.70. Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.62% or 19.71 points at 3,208.91. South Korea's Seoul Composite added 0.19% or 3.40 points at 1,828.08.