Indian markets continued to trade in red during the noon trading session trade tracking weakness in their Asian peers as investors now await US lawmakers' key vote on raising the debt ceiling.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62615.27 down by -353.86 points or by -0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18534.4 down by -99.45 points or by -0.53 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 62876.77 and intraday low of 62401.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18603.9 and intraday low of 18483.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 842.00,+2.90%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1125.40,+2.39%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3204.90,+1.95%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 976.45,+1.80%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 525.25,+1.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 911.25,-2.81%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2642.00,-1.89%), State Bank of India (Rs. 582.55,-1.74%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1608.70,-1.73%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 173.95,-1.56%), among others.
TECk index was at 13248.05 up by 109.41 points or by 0.83%. Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 788.00,+3.24%), Tejas Networks Ltd. (Rs. 686.60,+2.98%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 842.00,+2.90%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1125.40,+2.39%), HFCL Ltd. (Rs. 64.73,+2.26%),.
_Bankex index was at 49867.07 down by -574.93 points or by -1.14%. Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 911.25,-2.81%), State Bank of India (Rs. 582.55,-1.74%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1608.70,-1.73%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 767.80,-0.87%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1286.85,-0.61%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3808 , shares advanced were 1782 while 1882 shares declined and 144 were unchanged.