Indian benchmark equity indices fell for a second straight session on Tuesday, led by a decline in the shares of heavyweight stocks such as Reliance Industries (RIL) and Trent.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 85063.34 down by -376.28 points or by -0.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26178.7 down by -71.6 points or by -0.27 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85397.78 and intraday low of 84900.1 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26273.95 and intraday low of 26124.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1410.75,+2.87%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2425.35,+1.75%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1760.15,+1.73%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 914.75,+1.70%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1018.75,+1.33%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1507.70,-4.42%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 342.45,-2.07%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2146.65,-2.02%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5008.90,-1.81%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 962.40,-1.56%), among others.
_HCS index was at 44592.47 up by 605.01 points or by 1.38%. Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 181.30,+12.92%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 169.75,+4.91%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 6644.20,+4.42%), Kopran Ltd. (Rs. 154.45,+4.36%), KMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Ltd. (Rs. 90.31,+4.09%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 28221.65 down by -347.3 points or by -1.22%. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1507.70,-4.42%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 481.30,-2.26%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 169.50,-2.05%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 371.00,-1.84%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 569.95,-1.25%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4553 , shares advanced were 1780 while 2582 shares declined and 191 were unchanged.