The Sensex and Nifty50 declined, tracking weakness in global markets as uncertainty resurfaced over the progress of US-Iran peace talks.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74020.2 down by -247.14 points or by -0.33 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23282.1 down by -100.5 points or by -0.43 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74065.32 and intraday low of 73815.12 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23297.75 and intraday low of 23229.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1251.80,+4.08%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2374.75,+3.34%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1222.10,+2.27%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1570.50,+1.73%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 212.40,+0.88%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 864.75,-2.72%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 371.00,-1.97%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.55,-1.64%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1731.75,-1.54%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12800.00,-1.10%), among others.
IT index was at 29644.02 up by 805.38 points or by 2.79%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 190.05,+8.88%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 173.25,+8.62%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 284.30,+6.70%), Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 927.25,+5.89%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 344.90,+5.15%),.
Power index was at 8050.43 down by -89.61 points or by -1.1%. NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 74.04,-4.08%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 35265.00,-3.09%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 371.00,-1.97%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3653.10,-1.75%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.55,-1.64%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3544 , shares advanced were 1674 while 1688 shares declined and 182 were unchanged.