Sensex ends marginally lower, Nifty holds 8550

Mumbai: The market closed marginally lower on Monday. The Sensex shed 69.06 points to 28192.02 and the Nifty lost 20 points to 8550.90. More than two shares declined for every share advancing on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

State-run power equipment maker BHEL fell nearly 4 per cent. ICICI Bank, Infosys, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, SBI, ITC, Axis Bank and Wipro were down 0.5-1.7 per cent.

However, Hindalco and NTPC topped the buying list, up 3 percent each. ONGC, Hero Motocorp, GAIL and Sesa Sterlite gained 1-1.7 per cent.