Sensex ends 208 points down

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,382.91 points, was ruling at 19,242.59 points (provisional) -- down 208.86 points or 1.07 percent from its previous close at 19,451.45 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange too shut shop 1.07 percent lower at 5,779.5 points.

Broader markets were ruling dull, with the BSE midcap index closing 0.77 percent down and the BSE small cap index ending a similar quantum lower.