34 percent at Rs.234.15; Bharti Airtel, down 3.43 percent at Rs.413.40; Reliance Communications, down 2.94 percent at Rs.294.40; and M&M, down 2.61 percent at Rs.865.05.

Asian markets ended in the red as well.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 73.26 points or 0.7 percent lower at 10,370.54 points.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the benchmark SSE composite ended 1.89 percent down at 2,842.72 points.

The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng, shut shop in the red at 21,595.52 points, down 105.62 points or 0.49 percent.

The Korean Kospi, too, closed 0.43 percent lower at 1,711.47 points.

European bourses were, however, ruling in the green.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was ruling 21.24 points or 0.41 percent higher at 5,163.84 points, while its French peer, the CAC 40, was up 0.23 percent at 3,832.13 points.

Germany's DAX, too, was ruling in the positive at 5,722.96 points, up 13.58 points or 0.24 percent.