Indian benchmark equity indices slipped to their intraday lows, pressured by weak global cues as traders closely tracked developments in West Asia amid the ongoing US–Iran conflict.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79387.92 down by -627.98 points or by -0.78 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24578.3 down by -187.6 points or by -0.76 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79753.03 and intraday low of 79345.67 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24700.9 and intraday low of 24575.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 471.65,+2.53%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1417.40,+1.99%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 384.30,+1.63%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1799.65,+0.94%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 301.65,+0.73%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1324.55,-2.57%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 234.35,-2.48%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4411.15,-2.08%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12063.00,-1.94%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1875.50,-1.94%), among others.
CGS index was at 70906.32 up by 1196.76 points or by 1.72%. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1361.70,+6.17%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3560.25,+5.96%), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2489.15,+5.83%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1526.00,+3.96%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3171.00,+3.27%),.
Realty index was at 5793.29 down by -96.79 points or by -1.64%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1678.60,-3.76%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1341.60,-2.39%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 898.20,-1.96%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1605.90,-1.76%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 576.90,-1.43%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4280 , shares advanced were 1994 while 2071 shares declined and 215 were unchanged.