Indian benchmark indices trimmed most of the losses during the late noon trading session amid buying seen in index heavyweights including Trent Ltd.Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.Eternal Ltd. Bharat Electronics Ltd. among others.

At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78047.74 down by -63.5 points or by -0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24165.5 down by -65.8 points or by -0.27 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78730.32 and intraday low of 77674.93 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24400.95 and intraday low of 24102.8

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4089.85,+2.83%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1550.45,+2.37%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 251.80,+2.15%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 454.00,+1.45%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4115.35,+0.97%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 800.00,-1.20%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4477.00,-1.03%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1836.50,-1.03%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2137.70,-0.87%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 389.70,-0.75%), among others.

Metal index was at 41927.07 up by 591.06 points or by 1.43%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1040.00,+2.80%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 784.70,+2.45%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 433.00,+2.18%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 170.35,+2.07%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 592.25,+2.05%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 26819.4 down by -107.19 points or by -0.4%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 282.85,-1.63%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 144.00,-0.86%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 307.75,-0.81%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1340.75,-0.26%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 462.10,-0.22%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4635 , shares advanced were 2732 while 1696 shares declined and 207 were unchanged.