Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed by selling in index heavyweights Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Bajaj Finance Ltd. Eternal Ltd. Bajaj Finserv Ltd.Nestle India Ltd.among others.
At 12:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81493.68 down by -302.47 points or by -0.37 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24820.9 down by -125.6 points or by -0.5 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81890.15 and intraday low of 81427.01 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24982.05 and intraday low of 24820.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1717.40,+1.38%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1640.25,+1.02%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2264.55,+0.93%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1732.15,+0.53%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3509.10,+0.39%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1652.75,-1.95%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 920.45,-1.84%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 248.50,-1.45%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2000.20,-1.38%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2358.60,-1.29%), among others.
IT index was at 38675.47 up by 268.12 points or by 0.7%. Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 655.45,+8.93%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1282.70,+5.00%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 680.00,+3.52%), Control Print Ltd. (Rs. 813.60,+2.09%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 407.45,+1.85%),.
HCS index was at 43582.88 down by -594.31 points or by -1.35%. Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 236.55,-4.98%), Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 1778.90,-4.16%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 20.48,-3.89%), Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd. (Rs. 336.50,-3.73%), Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 564.95,-3.67%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4180 , shares advanced were 1586 while 2394 shares declined and 200 were unchanged.