Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by ICICI Bank Ltd.Eternal Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd. UltraTech Cement Ltd and HDFC Bank Ltd. among others.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79222.43 down by -793.47 points or by -0.99 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24583.1 down by -182.8 points or by -0.74 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79753.03 and intraday low of 79208.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24700.9 and intraday low of 24543.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 468.80,+1.91%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 382.30,+1.10%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1405.00,+1.09%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1798.90,+0.90%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1310.50,+0.43%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1314.95,-3.27%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 233.90,-2.66%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1319.40,-2.32%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12030.00,-2.21%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 859.00,-2.17%), among others.
CGS index was at 70806.75 up by 1097.19 points or by 1.57%. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1360.90,+6.10%), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2476.00,+5.27%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3510.10,+4.46%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4025.95,+3.43%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1495.50,+3.31%),.
_Bankex index was at 65235.18 down by -1175.62 points or by -1.77%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1315.00,-3.27%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1320.90,-2.21%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 859.80,-2.08%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1148.00,-1.99%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 295.95,-1.92%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4458 , shares advanced were 1988 while 2266 shares declined and 204 were unchanged.