Indian benchmark indices opened flat with a slight negative bias on Wednesday, tracking mixed global cues. On the domestic front, the absence of major sentiment-driving catalysts and the conclusion of Q2FY26 earnings season kept the markets largely rangebound.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84712.85 up by 39.83 points or by 0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25886 down by -24.05 points or by -0.09 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84727.58 and intraday low of 84525.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25933.65 and intraday low of 25856.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1515.00,+1.98%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2433.45,+1.24%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3121.20,+1.15%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1607.90,+0.82%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1429.90,+0.62%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 366.60,-1.25%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1485.35,-0.65%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 326.65,-0.58%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 986.40,-0.52%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2039.80,-0.52%), among others.
IT index was at 35589.79 up by 503.45 points or by 1.43%. Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 492.90,+4.83%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 949.00,+3.26%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 6250.50,+2.86%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 444.05,+2.50%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 5887.70,+2.28%),.
CGS index was at 70227.37 down by -302.71 points or by -0.43%. NBCC (India) Ltd. (Rs. 113.25,-1.48%), Cummins India Ltd. (Rs. 4188.50,-1.45%), Grindwell Norton Ltd. (Rs. 1548.55,-1.39%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 2908.30,-1.21%), Timken India Ltd. (Rs. 3062.70,-1.10%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3513 , shares advanced were 1503 while 1822 shares declined and 188 were unchanged.