Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session amid selling in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finance Ltd.Hindustan Unilever Ltd.Nestle India Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd. Eternal Ltd.among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80375.07 down by -229.01 points or by -0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24539 down by -46.05 points or by -0.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80997.67 and intraday low of 80337.96 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24702.6 and intraday low of 24522.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1514.50,+2.21%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12828.95,+1.95%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3236.40,+1.64%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 340.80,+1.35%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 160.60,+1.10%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 854.40,-2.70%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2485.90,-1.30%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1093.05,-1.18%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1972.95,-1.15%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 306.60,-0.89%), among others.
Auto index was at 53369.85 up by 354.82 points or by 0.67%. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12847.20,+2.09%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 4650.80,+1.97%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 943.95,+1.81%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3236.40,+1.64%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3043.00,+1.42%),.
Bankex index was at 61405.97 down by -412.32 points or by -0.67%. HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1972.95,-1.15%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1422.95,-0.96%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1960.00,-0.85%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1067.50,-0.56%), State Bank of India (Rs. 821.90,-0.29%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4331 , shares advanced were 2212 while 1940 shares declined and 179 were unchanged.