Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including ICICI Bank, NTPC Ltd, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone among others.
At 12:46 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83548.8 down by -632.16 points or by -0.75 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25718.65 down by -158.2 points or by -0.61 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84406.22 and intraday low of 83517.74 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25940.6 and intraday low of 25713.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2837.10,+1.81%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 287.80,+1.52%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1663.70,+0.94%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1002.05,+0.42%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1584.00,+0.41%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1406.50,-2.01%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 338.10,-1.74%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1441.05,-1.61%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11877.50,-1.51%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1737.75,-1.35%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 27219.5 up by 96.85 points or by 0.36%. Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 417.85,+1.98%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 288.30,+1.69%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 233.35,+0.82%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 157.55,+0.64%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 356.10,+0.42%),.
Realty index was at 6805.76 down by -156.02 points or by -2.24%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2002.10,-4.29%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1523.60,-2.86%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1675.00,-2.76%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 555.55,-2.71%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1061.50,-2.51%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4269 , shares advanced were 1175 while 2890 shares declined and 204 were unchanged.