Asian markets ended flat to positive. Nikkie closed in green and Shanghai was up 3%.
After hovering around the 4200 mark, Nifty slipped and closed below the 4200 level and the Sensex closed below the 14,200 level.
The turnover has been huge, especially in the F&O segment of over Rs 40,000. The BSE Midcap and smallcap indices outperformed the fronline indices and closed flat.
Sensex was down 69.75 points or 0.49% at 14186.18, and the Nifty down 18.75 points or 0.45% at 4179.5.
About 1010 shares have advanced, 1443 shares declined, and 75 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed flat at 7,391.02.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,187.97 down 6.06 points or 0.10%.
The BSE FMCG Index wad down 1.7% at 1,811.60. United Brewerie, P and G, Bata India, ITC, Godrej Consumer closed in red.
The BSE Metal Index closed flat at 10,427.05. JindalStainless, Hind Zinc, SAIL, Shree Precoated were among the losers.
The BSE Bankex was down 1.1% at 7,512.09. Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda, Oriental Bank, Bank of India moved downwards.
The BSE Health Care Index ended lower by 0.4% at 3,771.89. Biocon, Lupin, Wockhardt, Sun Pharma closed lower.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 0.2% at 10,958.41. Crompton Greave, Carborundum, Siemens, BEML, L&T and Jyoti Structure ended lower
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,812.08 down 1.2%. Escorts, Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, Ashok Leyland, Maruti Udyog were among the losers.
The BSE IT Index closed at 4,957.57 up 1.7%. Financial Tech, Mphasis, Patni Computer, Satyam ended weak.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,393.11 down 1%. HPCL, Reliance, IOC, ONGC, Essar Oil ended in red.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 9081.35 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 42284.84 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4272.41 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 55638.6 crore.