Equity benchmark indices declined nearly 2% in on Thursday as investor sentiment turned cautious amid escalating geopolitical tensions following Donald Trump’s warning of intensified military action against Iran.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72262.7 down by -871.62 points or by -1.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22214 down by -465.4 points or by -2.05 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72262.7 and intraday low of 72262.7 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22394.65 and intraday low of 22182.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1358.20,+0.25%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2413.00,+0.20%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 224.50,-5.15%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4005.00,-4.21%), State Bank of India (Rs. 979.00,-3.82%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3478.10,-3.59%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1671.55,-3.29%), among others.
FMCG index was at 16944.74 up by -96.83 points or by -0.57%. Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd. (Rs. 649.90,+7.94%), Sarveshwar Foods Ltd. (Rs. 3.23,+7.31%), Regaal Resources Ltd. (Rs. 66.85,+3.64%), HMA Agro Industries Ltd. (Rs. 23.21,+0.39%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd. (Rs. 39.14,+0.26%),.
CDS index was at 52958.24 down by -827.79 points or by -1.54%. PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 446.30,-7.19%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1461.00,-6.14%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 6235.00,-5.01%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1190.40,-4.81%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1151.00,-2.91%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4037 , shares advanced were 1011 while 2844 shares declined and 182 were unchanged.