Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared some of the early losses were trading flat as investors remained concerned over the US–Iran situation, with diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis encountering repeated setbacks.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74275.3 up by 7.96 points or by 0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23281.4 down by -101.2 points or by -0.43 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74290.48 and intraday low of 73815.12 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23325.15 and intraday low of 23229.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1267.40,+5.38%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2413.85,+5.04%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1241.90,+3.92%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1575.00,+2.02%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2997.90,+0.90%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 369.65,-2.33%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 868.30,-2.32%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.40,-1.69%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1733.70,-1.43%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1786.00,-1.35%), among others.
IT index was at 29999.58 up by 1160.94 points or by 4.03%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 180.00,+12.85%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 193.80,+11.03%), Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 17.22,+9.54%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 285.80,+7.26%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 351.25,+7.09%),.
Power index was at 8068.61 down by -71.43 points or by -0.88%. NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 73.58,-4.68%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 369.65,-2.33%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3635.05,-2.24%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 35661.65,-2.00%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.40,-1.69%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4004 , shares advanced were 1910 while 1858 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.