Indian benchmark indices continued to extend losses during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Infosys Ltd.Tata Motors Ltd.Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Nestle India Ltd. ITC Ltd among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82185.81 down by 315.01 points or by 0.38 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25189.45 down by 95.9 points or by 0.38 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82329.5 and intraday low of 82043.14 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25241.95 and intraday low of 25152.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1437.65,+2.04%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1029.75,+0.59%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1950.75,+0.57%), State Bank of India (Rs. 885.00,+0.48%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1185.75,+0.48%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1485.50,-1.90%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 667.70,-1.67%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2489.90,-1.55%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1185.00,-1.23%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 399.05,-0.93%), among others.
The top gainers of the NSE Nifty pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1430.80,+1.52%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 9060.50,+1.27%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5552.00,+0.95%), Shriram Finance Ltd. (Rs. 670.45,+0.81%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1953.20,+0.69%), among others.
_Bankex index was at 63926.91 up by 54.33 points or by 0.09%. Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 212.25,+1.58%), State Bank of India (Rs. 885.00,+0.48%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1185.65,+0.47%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 267.65,+0.28%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 24.02,+0.04%),.
CGS index was at 68682.39 down by -870.2 points or by -1.25%. Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 6778.60,-4.54%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3057.75,-2.86%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 471.85,-2.38%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4728.00,-2.18%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1504.65,-2.06%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4456 , shares advanced were 1557 while 2687 shares declined and 212 were unchanged.