Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Infosys Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd. Tata Steel Ltd. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and ICICI Bank Ltd among others.
At 10:27 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84169.68 down by -308.99 points or by -0.37 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25780.05 down by -99.1 points or by -0.38 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84464.94 and intraday low of 84042.75 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25879.15 and intraday low of 25764.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1512.10,+0.95%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1234.10,+0.75%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 299.75,+0.69%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2895.00,+0.55%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1744.05,+0.48%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1505.70,-2.38%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 173.85,-1.56%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 316.60,-1.14%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1434.90,-1.10%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1371.15,-1.07%), among others.
CDS index was at 62248.11 up by 175.15 points or by 0.28%. Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1245.80,+1.68%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15482.80,+1.09%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1350.90,+1.02%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1785.50,+0.03%),.
IT index was at 35354.22 down by -474.89 points or by -1.33%. Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 370.25,-4.97%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 1088.05,-2.85%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 452.10,-2.56%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1505.70,-2.38%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 943.00,-2.21%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3910 , shares advanced were 1700 while 1985 shares declined and 225 were unchanged.