08 percent at Rs.756.55; Reliance Infra, down 4.86 percent at Rs.1,080.55; Reliance Communications, down 4.38 percent at Rs.240.25, and Grasim Industries, down 4.2 percent at Rs.2,465.30.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the main index closed 4.3 percent lower - rising after having lost more than 5 percent - with investors shedding stocks which had run up during the last six months by sucking excess liquidity off the system.

The fall in Chinese bourses was felt across the globe with other Asian markets ending in the red.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ended 80.96 points down at 10,284.96 points, 0.79 percent lower than its previous close.

The Hang Seng, the primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, also fell, shedding 325.04 points or 1.73 percent at 19,954.23 points.

European markets too felt the tremors of the Chinese stock fall with key indices opening weak. In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was 0.84 percent lower at 4,646.57 points. Its French peer, the CAC 40, was down 0.98 percent at 3,416.86 points.

Germany's DAX was also ruling negative at 5,182.7 points, having slipped 1.3 percent.