Stock Market Review
The BSE Sensex plunged 185.76 points or 0.92% to settle at 19,983.13 (Provisional) while the S&P CNX Nifty nosedived 64.85 points or 1.07% to end at 6,011.10 (Provisionally).
The BSE Sensex touched a high and a low of 20,332.02 and 19,923.96 respectively. There were 5 advances against 25 declines on the index. (Provisional)
Hero Honda up 1.53%, Cipla up 1.51%, ACC up 0.63%, Maruti Suzuki up 0.22% and ICICI Bank up 0.19% were the major gainer on the Sensex (Provisional).
On the other hand, Infosys down 3.05%, Hindalco down 2.23%, DLF down 2.19%, Tata Steel down 2.01% and SBI down 1.44% remained the major laggards on the index.

Nifty today trend
The Sensex and Nifty closed the trade flat in green, gaining 0.2% each. BSE mid-cap and small-cap indices, however, closed down by 0.5% and 0.2%, respectively. Among the front liners, TCS, NTPC, Tata Steel, ONGC and L&T gained 1–3%, while ACC, Bharti Airtel, JP Associates, Tata Power and Cipla lost 2–3%. Among mid caps, Petronet LNG, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Indiabulls Real Estate, Nagarjuna Construction and Jindal Saw gained 3–8%, while Chambal Fertilizers, Gujarat State Fertilizers, Unichem Labs, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers and Manappuram General Finance & Leasing lost 4–8%.