Stocks that rallied over 10% included, Birla Cable(15.00%), Samtex Fashions(15.00%), Salasar Techno Engg(13.45%), Swarnsarita Gems(13.25%), Celebrity Fash(13.13%), Bharat Road Net(13.06%), Premier Exp(13.05%), Saurashtra Cements(12.93%), Ashoka Metcast(12.20%) and Atul Auto(12.14%).
The 30-share Sensex traded 284.53 points down at 77130.39, while the 50-share Nifty index fell 40.75 points to 23478.6.
In the Nifty 50 index, 30 stocks traded in the green, while 20 stocks were in the red.
Stocks such as Vadilal Enterprises, Nirlon Ltd, Shivamshree Businesses, Ador Multiprod and Reliance Naval & Engg hit their fresh 52-week high, while Punjab Sind Bank, Ashiana Ispat, Kay Power & Paper, Avance Tech and UCO Bank touched their new 52-week low in trade.