BSE Sensex ends 109 points lower on profit booking

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The 30-share benchmark index closed 109.22 points lower at 17,490.90 with 26 components ending lower. The index touched a high of 17,735.70 and a low of 17,457 during intraday trade.

The index, which hit a record high of 21,206.77 on Jan. 10 and climbed 10.5 percent in April, is down about 13.8 percent this year.

The day's top loser was Wipro, which fell 2.41 percent to Rs.490.10.

Financial stocks State Bank of India, Housing Development Finance Corporation, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank slipped 2.36 percent, 2.30 percent, 0.59 percent and 0.25 percent to Rs.1779.20, Rs.2710.05, Rs.1529.85 and Rs.933.15 respectively.

Auto majors Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki declined 1.86 percent, 0.71 percent and 0.46 percent to Rs.677.50, Rs.685.55 and Rs.784.40 respectively.

IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Satyam Computer Services slid 1.72 percent and 1.34 percent to Rs.924.55 and Rs.487.50 respectively.

Telecom majors Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel ended down 1.24 percent and 0.53 percent to Rs.554.25 and Rs.893.85 respectively.

While real estate major DLF declined 2.10 percent to Rs.705.05, top listed petro-refiner Reliance Industries (RIL) fell 0.34 percent to Rs.2665.70.

Other major losers were Ambuja Cements (down 1.55 percent to Rs.111.15), Hindalco (down 1.29 percent to Rs.183.45), NTPC (down 1.10 percent to Rs.198.50), Ranbaxy Laboratories (down 0.68 percent to Rs.478.20), Hindustan Unilever (down 0.52 percent to Rs.248.15) and Reliance Infrastructure (down 0.42 percent to Rs.1516.70).

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