Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session amid continued tensions in West Asia.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81566.95 down by -229.2 points or by -0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24865.55 down by -80.95 points or by -0.32 %
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 24813.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1716.85,+1.34%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1640.45,+1.03%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2263.20,+0.87%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1734.00,+0.64%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3512.30,+0.48%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1645.25,-2.39%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 807.50,-1.66%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 922.30,-1.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 248.50,-1.45%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 677.10,-1.40%), among others.
IT index was at 38676.37 up by 269.02 points or by 0.7%. Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 658.85,+9.50%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1282.70,+5.00%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 677.00,+3.06%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 408.15,+2.02%), Control Print Ltd. (Rs. 813.00,+2.01%),.
HCS index was at 43312.46 down by -864.73 points or by -1.96%. Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. (Rs. 260.55,-5.00%), Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 936.00,-4.56%), Sigachi Industries Ltd. (Rs. 56.25,-4.45%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 20.40,-4.27%), Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 1780.75,-4.06%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4274 , shares advanced were 1574 while 2517 shares declined and 183 were unchanged.