MUMBAI: Equities ended near day’s lower levels on Wednesday in line with sell-off in global markets after the Standard & Poor’s downgraded Greece’s rating to junk and lowered Portugal two notches.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17405.35, down 285.27 points or 1.61 per cent. The index touched intraday low of 17344.58 and high of 17643.59.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5219.55, down 88.80 points or 1.67 per cent. The index touched a low of 5202.45 and high of 5308.25 in today’s trade.

BSE Midcap Index was down 1.52 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 1.94 per cent lower.

All the sectoral indices ended in the red. BSE Realty Index fell 3.61 per cent, BSE Oil&gas Index declined 2.72 per cent and BSE Metal Index was down 2.21 per cent.

Jaiprakash Associates (-4.28%), RIL (-4.18%), Tata Steel (-3.68%), DLF (-3.20%) and M&M (-2.80%) led the Sensex decline.

Sun Pharma (1.73%), SBI (0.85%), ACC (0.78%) and HUL (0.15%) were the only Sensex gainers.