Indian benchmark indices continued to extend losses during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including IndusInd Bank Ltd. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Eternal Ltd Bajaj Finance Ltd. and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd among others.
At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82625.36 down by -620.82 points or by -0.75 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25359.65 down by -225.85 points or by -0.88 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83254.28 and intraday low of 82563.9 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25585 and intraday low of 25347.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 933.60,+0.65%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1040.25,+0.20%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 427.40,+0.16%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2011.80,+0.16%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1381.95,+0.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 903.40,-4.83%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1610.55,-3.76%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 271.85,-3.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 944.90,-2.71%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4812.65,-2.63%), among others.
Metal index was at 37905.81 up by -317.82 points or by -0.83%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 689.95,+4.35%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 677.50,+0.39%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1919.00,+0.02%),.
Realty index was at 6222.29 down by -296.63 points or by -4.55%. Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1509.45,-8.62%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1411.50,-6.36%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1398.20,-6.31%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 988.95,-5.23%), Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 63.28,-5.00%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4512 , shares advanced were 926 while 3430 shares declined and 156 were unchanged.