Markets retreat into red after strong opening

Mumbai, July 18: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex today opened in the green by 43 points at 10,336.62 points on the short-lived investors' buying sentiments.

However, the Sensex is currently trading at 10,243.53, which is 49 points below the previous close of 10,293.22. It has undergone strong volatility touching a low of 10,168 points and a high of 10,406.43.

All the Asian benchmark indices including Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia are trading down.

Even all the BSE sectoral indices except Teck, IT and HC are trading in the red.

Top gainers are Ranbaxy, Wipro, Bharti, HLL and ONGC all up between 0.81 to 1.92 per cent.

Major losers are Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications, ACC and Gujarat Ambuja, all down between 2.35 to 2.91 per cent.

UNI