Benchmark equity indices closed lower on Thursday after a volatile trading session, as investors booked profits in heavyweight blue-chip stocks, wiping out the market’s early gains.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 75183.36 down by -135.03 points or by -0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23654.7 down by -4.3 points or by -0.02 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75945.79 and intraday low of 74996.78 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23859.9 and intraday low of 23596.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4398.00,+3.16%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 420.70,+1.77%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4170.05,+1.75%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1793.20,+1.12%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11510.00,+0.95%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 907.75,-1.74%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1419.00,-1.44%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2178.80,-1.37%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1181.65,-1.27%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1750.10,-1.25%), among others.
_CGS index was at 78274.9 up by 996.42 points or by 1.29%. Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (Rs. 34896.25,+15.66%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 3176.15,+5.82%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3575.70,+3.36%), Premier Energies Ltd. (Rs. 1018.50,+2.67%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3933.40,+2.60%),.
TECk index was at 15036 down by -93.73 points or by -0.62%. Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1565.05,-1.89%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1376.90,-1.87%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1419.00,-1.44%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1181.65,-1.27%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5019.20,-1.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4631 , shares advanced were 2552 while 1844 shares declined and 235 were unchanged.