Sensex, Nifty end in red

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks ended lower again after a consolidation. The Sensex fell 108 points or 0.42 per cent to 25530.11 and the Nifty declined 16.50 points or 0.21 per cent to 7765.40.

The market breadth was positive as about 1460 shares advanced against 1311 declining shares on the BSE.

ITC crashed 6.57 percent followed by Coal India, ONGC, Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki and Cairn India with 1-2.5 percent loss.

Sun Pharma, HUL, Lupin, Tata Steel, HDFC, Asian Paints and Tech Mahindra were down 1-4 per cent.