Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Bharti Airtel Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra LtdHCL Technologies Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83116.14 down by -194.87 points or by -0.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25457.8 down by -51.9 points or by -0.2 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83161.29 and intraday low of 82670.95 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25471.35 and intraday low of 25318.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1065.00,+2.25%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1340.65,+1.53%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1453.70,+1.20%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3660.00,+1.16%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2086.50,+1.10%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2010.65,-4.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1394.25,-1.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1506.70,-1.29%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2977.05,-1.13%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 404.55,-0.81%), among others.
Metal index was at 34300.08 up by 241.77 points or by 0.71%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 234.50,+1.67%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 512.25,+1.48%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 473.35,+1.31%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 795.25,+0.91%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 375.10,+0.54%),.
TECk index was at 17320.09 down by -280.05 points or by -1.59%. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2011.70,-3.96%), Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1765.20,-2.75%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 5546.50,-1.84%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1738.40,-1.43%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1394.05,-1.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4229 , shares advanced were 1677 while 2355 shares declined and 196 were unchanged.