Benchmark equity indices ended lower in a volatile trading session on Thursday, with the Sensex falling 114 points, as investor sentiment remained cautious amid continued foreign fund outflows and escalating geopolitical tensions.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 77844.52 down by -114 points or by -0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24326.65 down by -4.3 points or by -0.02 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78384.7 and intraday low of 77713.21 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24482.1 and intraday low of 24284
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3367.35,+2.04%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 400.45,+1.46%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 380.65,+1.18%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.05,+0.70%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 257.35,+0.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2272.80,-1.95%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2401.75,-1.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1448.00,-1.29%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4308.50,-1.14%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1831.30,-1.03%), among others.
_CGS index was at 80320.92 up by 1614.89 points or by 2.05%. Polycab India Ltd. (Rs. 9003.05,+6.95%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 406.30,+5.26%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4785.95,+5.00%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1466.00,+4.68%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 34875.55,+4.58%),.
TECk index was at 14809.96 down by -88.81 points or by -0.6%. KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 722.60,-3.45%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4250.40,-1.48%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2401.75,-1.38%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 403.00,-1.29%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1448.00,-1.29%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4670 , shares advanced were 2886 while 1590 shares declined and 194 were unchanged.