Indian stocks extended losses on Tuesday as Dalal Street braces for additional US tariffs to be imposed from Wednesday.
At 12:47 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80996.05 down by -639.86 points or by -0.78 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24785.9 down by -181.85 points or by -0.73 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81450.28 and intraday low of 80940.67 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24919.65 and intraday low of 24755.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2691.40,+2.35%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14732.00,+1.89%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1173.80,+1.83%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2515.00,+0.89%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12660.00,+0.44%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1611.90,-2.70%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 156.55,-1.91%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 885.70,-1.64%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1320.90,-1.44%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 760.90,-1.44%), among others.
FMCG index was at 20633.06 up by 126.67 points or by 0.62%. Britannia Industries Ltd. (Rs. 5744.50,+3.54%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2691.40,+2.35%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (Rs. 232.95,+2.26%), Gokul Agro Resources Ltd. (Rs. 335.25,+2.05%), LT Foods Ltd. (Rs. 435.50,+1.86%),.
Realty index was at 7001.7 down by -115.81 points or by -1.63%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2019.20,-2.44%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1620.00,-1.87%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 758.10,-1.80%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1241.80,-1.76%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1648.00,-1.50%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4217 , shares advanced were 1273 while 2761 shares declined and 183 were unchanged.