Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Wednesday, weighed down by heightened geopolitical tensions, weak global market cues, and continued foreign fund outflows, which dampened investor sentiment.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81696.22 down by -484.25 points or by -0.59 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25144.45 down by -88.05 points or by -0.35 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82282.25 and intraday low of 81671.92 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. 272.70,+1.02%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 256.60,+0.92%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1623.55,+0.72%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12113.00,+0.63%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4816.45,+0.51%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1349.05,-1.91%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3762.25,-1.20%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1643.85,-0.84%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1676.75,-0.83%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1382.20,-0.80%), among others.
Metal index was at 37498.86 up by -15.53 points or by -0.04%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 695.75,+2.24%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 146.80,+0.96%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1168.45,+0.80%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 932.80,+0.50%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1042.20,+0.30%),.
CDS index was at 57305.61 down by -761.46 points or by -1.31%. Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 416.80,-7.71%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1297.20,-3.49%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1287.50,-2.93%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 10396.30,-2.73%), PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 538.40,-2.38%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4058 , shares advanced were 1146 while 2715 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.