Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell sharply on Friday after a brief pause in the previous session, pressured by ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and sustained foreign fund outflows.
Investor sentiment remained weak due to losses in US equities and a subdued trend across Asian markets.
At 10:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79467.84 down by -548.06 points or by -0.68 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24621.6 down by -144.3 points or by -0.58 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79753.03 and intraday low of 79394.82 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24700.9 and intraday low of 24587.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 469.10,+1.98%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1416.50,+1.92%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1368.35,+1.06%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1316.10,+0.86%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 381.35,+0.85%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1326.00,-2.46%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3949.90,-2.06%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12051.00,-2.04%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4413.35,-2.03%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1875.00,-1.97%), among others.
CGS index was at 70789.05 up by 1079.49 points or by 1.55%. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2525.00,+7.36%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1355.50,+5.68%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3537.55,+5.28%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1497.05,+3.42%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 3939.55,+2.92%),.
Realty index was at 5807.56 down by -82.52 points or by -1.4%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1684.10,-3.44%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 899.00,-1.88%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1353.70,-1.51%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1610.10,-1.50%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 577.80,-1.27%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3997 , shares advanced were 1937 while 1824 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.