The NSE Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex extended losses in Tuesday's session as tariff fears and volatility amid NSE Nity weekly expries weighed on investors' sentiment.
At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85092.11 down by -347.51 points or by -0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26178.9 down by -71.4 points or by -0.27 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85397.78 and intraday low of 84958.27 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26273.95 and intraday low of 26141.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1411.70,+2.93%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 919.80,+2.26%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1019.90,+1.45%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1751.00,+1.21%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2411.70,+1.17%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1507.15,-4.46%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2146.05,-2.05%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 344.00,-1.63%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 964.00,-1.40%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.15,-1.29%), among others.
HCS index was at 44546.29 up by 558.83 points or by 1.27%. Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 176.00,+9.62%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 172.20,+6.43%), Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (Rs. 1002.95,+5.49%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 483.65,+4.61%), Kopran Ltd. (Rs. 154.20,+4.19%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 28205 down by -363.95 points or by -1.27%. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1507.15,-4.46%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 481.55,-2.21%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 370.00,-2.10%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 163.15,-1.09%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 171.20,-1.07%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4328 , shares advanced were 1717 while 2397 shares declined and 214 were unchanged.