Sensex slips below 14,000 points

Mumbai, July 06: The Bombay Stock Exchange”s benchmark Sensex fell below the 14,000-mark in late afternoon trade as there was no respite in hectic selling triggered by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee”s pegging of higher fiscal deficit in Budget 2009-10. The bellwether index declined to 13,960 points at around 1500 hrs, down by more than 952 points from its previous close.

—PTI–