Domestic bourses continued extend losses during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including IndusInd Bank Ltd. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.Reliance Industries Ltd. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84316.35 down by -644.79 points or by -0.76 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25935.8 down by -204.95 points or by -0.78 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84965.27 and intraday low of 84230.95 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26133.2 and intraday low of 25884.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 282.50,+0.55%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1434.70,+0.44%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1470.95,+0.41%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1653.55,+0.31%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 970.15,+0.12%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 878.10,-2.24%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3225.60,-2.09%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1473.05,-2.06%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1592.00,-2.05%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1998.40,-1.67%), among others.
CDS index was at 61869.86 up by -400.99 points or by -0.64%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 11996.90,+1.93%),.
Metal index was at 36879.96 down by -1115.08 points or by -2.93%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 594.00,-5.66%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 811.55,-5.02%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 337.20,-4.34%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1030.70,-4.05%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 82.80,-3.93%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4318 , shares advanced were 1113 while 3002 shares declined and 203 were unchanged.