Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Asian Paints Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra LtdInter, Globe Aviation Ltd. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.among others.

At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82186.14 down by -158.54 points or by -0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25284.95 down by -57.8 points or by -0.23 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82386.79 and intraday low of 81707.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25359.35 and intraday low of 25159.8

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3931.85,+3.64%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 356.30,+2.33%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 198.20,+2.27%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1348.50,+2.12%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 270.30,+1.44%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2423.90,-3.46%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3341.15,-3.12%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4615.00,-2.81%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14480.00,-2.67%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3886.10,-2.28%), among others.

Metal index was at 40574.54 up by 704.4 points or by 1.77%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 423.60,+4.28%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1162.50,+3.88%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 84.15,+3.24%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 756.40,+2.62%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 198.40,+2.37%),.

CDS index was at 54568.32 down by -1150.31 points or by -2.06%. Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2423.80,-3.47%), Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (Rs. 463.50,-3.22%), PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 525.30,-2.83%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3888.40,-2.22%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 5500.95,-2.08%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4358 , shares advanced were 1565 while 2609 shares declined and 184 were unchanged.