Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. IndusInd Bank Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd. and Asian Paints Ltd. among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84793.51 down by -269.83 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26096.2 down by -82.5 points or by -0.32 %.
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 26067.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4266.80,+3.79%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1644.40,+1.74%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1627.55,+1.67%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1635.30,+1.50%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1782.30,+1.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16853.25,-2.55%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 899.20,-1.70%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 183.30,-1.56%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 947.75,-1.52%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2806.40,-1.36%), among others.
IT index was at 37428.52 up by 663.89 points or by 1.81%. Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 5884.45,+10.13%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1041.75,+8.14%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1210.75,+6.24%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 372.75,+5.86%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 996.55,+5.80%),.
Auto index was at 63536.53 down by -548.5 points or by -0.86%. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16852.45,-2.56%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 362.10,-1.84%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 118.90,-1.57%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 359.00,-1.28%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3736.90,-1.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4476 , shares advanced were 2031 while 2237 shares declined and 208 were unchanged.