Small BusinessMarkets continue to languish
Markets continue to languish in red. However, they have recovered from the day"s low.
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The Sensex is now down 46 points at 16,962. The Nifty is down 18 points 5,046.
Jaiprakash Associates continues to trade in red and is now down 4.6% at Rs 244. Tata Motors and Larsen & Toubro have dropped 2.5% each to Rs 547 and Rs 1,630, respectively.
ICICI Bank has shed 2% at Rs 910. Reliance, Maruti Suzuki, BHEL and Tata Power have slipped 1% each.
On the other hand, Infosys has gained 2.2% at Rs 2,215. ITC and Bharti Airtel have added 2% each to Rs 249 and Rs 339, respectively.
Sterlite, Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Communications and Sun Pharma have moved up around 1% each.
The market breadth is positive. out of 2,261 shares traded 1,143 have advanced while 1,044 have declined.