Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84394.85 down by -566.29 points or by -0.67 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25927.3 down by -213.45 points or by -0.82 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84965.27 and intraday low of 84207.45 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. 283.25,+0.82%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1439.90,+0.80%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1470.45,+0.37%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 970.00,+0.10%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 950.00,+0.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1575.55,-3.06%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3202.00,-2.81%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1472.05,-2.13%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 258.95,-1.95%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1612.00,-1.64%), among others.
Bankex index was at 67069.77 up by -442.77 points or by -0.66%. IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 85.90,+1.77%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1440.60,+0.85%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 950.00,+0.09%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 27138.43 down by -867.39 points or by -3.1%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 452.45,-5.02%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 354.00,-3.82%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 156.75,-3.51%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 284.00,-3.48%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 163.15,-3.18%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4475 , shares advanced were 1101 while 3176 shares declined and 198 were unchanged.