Stock markets in India were lower for a third straight session on Wednesday.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84758.67 down by -304.67 points or by -0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26106.25 down by -72.45 points or by -0.28 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85075.99 and intraday low of 84617.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26187.15 and intraday low of 26096.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4298.85,+4.57%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1641.20,+1.54%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 282.15,+1.22%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1630.00,+1.17%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1619.40,+1.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 895.15,-2.14%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16993.00,-1.75%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4919.25,-1.64%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 264.10,-1.64%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 946.80,-1.62%), among others.
IT index was at 37271.46 up by 506.83 points or by 1.38%. Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 5772.15,+8.03%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1016.35,+5.50%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 986.10,+4.69%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 440.45,+4.61%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 308.85,+4.52%),.
Realty index was at 7020.79 down by -73.99 points or by -1.04%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1603.10,-3.08%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1511.15,-2.40%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 693.25,-1.81%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1703.45,-1.37%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1934.00,-0.86%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4326 , shares advanced were 1905 while 2205 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.