The bears took charge of Dalal Street on March 20 after a two-day break amid lingering worries about the health of the global banking system and selling across the sectors at home in a volatile session.

Amid weak global cues, the market started gap-down and stayed in the red. Some buying in the last couple of hours helped the Sensex and the Nifty to recover from the day's lows of 57,084.91 and 16,828.35.

The 30-share benchmark index ended at 57628.95 down by -360.95 points or by -0.62 % and then NSE Nifty was at 16988.4 down by -111.65 points or by -0.65 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 57829.23 and intraday low of 57084.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17066.6 and intraday low of 16828.35

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2508.50,+2.45%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 378.75,+0.80%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1700.40,+0.54%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 961.25,+0.37%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 18906.70,+0.30%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1245.80,-4.25%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5550.60,-3.18%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 367.20,-2.46%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 104.50,-2.38%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 410.75,-1.96%), among others.

FMCG index was at 16242.54 up by 96.97 points or by 0.6%. LT Foods Ltd. (Rs. 98.55,+4.03%), BCL Industries Ltd. (Rs. 426.60,+3.88%), Heritage Foods Ltd. (Rs. 141.80,+3.54%), Gillette India Ltd. (Rs. 4317.90,+3.23%), Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 2770.00,+2.74%),.

Metal index was at 19086.66 down by -422.47 points or by -2.17%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 79.61,-4.41%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 385.70,-2.79%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1208.00,-2.47%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 217.10,-2.45%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 558.25,-2.44%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4036 , shares advanced were 1276 while 2598 shares declined and 162 were unchanged.