BSE index Sensex ended lower by 118.82 points or 0.42 per cent at 27,976.52.
Top five Sensex gainers were Axis Bank (+2.85%), Power Grid (+1.63%), Tata Steel (+1.06%), Wipro (+0.77%) and Infosys (+0.77%).
While the major losers were Dr Reddy's (-4.37%), ICICI Bank (-2.64%), Hero MotoCorp (-2.12%), State Bank of India (-1.46%) and Maruti (-1.44%).