Indian equity markets opened on a volatile note on Wednesday, a day after benchmark indices plunged to their three-month lows amid a sharp sell-off on Dalal Street.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82006.99 down by -173.48 points or by -0.21 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25199.95 down by -32.55 points or by -0.13 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82282.25 and intraday low of 81793.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25277.75 and intraday low of 25130.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 273.90,+1.46%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4856.35,+1.34%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1628.15,+1.00%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12141.20,+0.87%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 912.50,+0.83%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1356.25,-1.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1669.55,-1.25%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1640.80,-1.02%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3083.10,-0.80%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3788.80,-0.50%), among others.
Metal index was at 37702.1 up by 187.71 points or by 0.5%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 695.45,+2.20%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 940.20,+1.29%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1172.20,+1.12%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 146.85,+1.00%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 184.55,+0.60%),.
IT index was at 36340.39 down by -484.73 points or by -1.32%. Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 6052.65,-4.58%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1623.00,-4.08%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1142.20,-3.43%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1602.40,-3.35%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 21.62,-2.92%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3584 , shares advanced were 1407 while 2007 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.