Indian equities are trading under pressure on early morning taking cues from their weak Asian peers. Among sectors, all but the Nifty Auto and Pharma indices slipped in trade led by the Nifty Metal, Realty, and PSU Bank indices.
Among shares, Gandhar Oil Refinery listed at a premium of 75 per cent at Rs 295 apiece vs issue price of Rs 169 per share. Fedbank Financial Services, listed at 1.6 per cent discount at Rs 137.75 vs issue price of Rs 140.
At 10:39 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 66755.07 down by -146.84 points or by -0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 20057.15 down by -39.45 points or by -0.2 %.
The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 67020.11 and intraday low of 66610.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 20136.15 and intraday low of 20015.85.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 8846.30,+1.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1634.45,+0.96%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1212.00,+0.93%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1070.00,+0.91%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3456.10,+0.84%), among others.
On the flip side Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 701.75,-1.46%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 931.25,-0.86%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1471.50,-0.84%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1549.00,-0.66%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3136.00,-0.44%), were among top losers on the BSE.
On the sectoral front, CDS index was at 46664.66 up by 293.04 points or by 0.63%. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 231.20,+2.21%), Rajesh Exports Ltd. (Rs. 347.95,+1.41%), VIP Industries Ltd. (Rs. 613.95,+0.88%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3455.20,+0.82%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 5442.45,+0.77%),.
Whereas, Realty index was at 5542.33 down by -29.89 points or by -0.54%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2253.35,-2.85%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 627.55,-1.56%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 80.49,-0.78%), Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (Rs. 522.40,-0.75%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1826.90,-0.68%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3731 , shares advanced were 1740 while 1774 shares declined and 217 were unchanged.