Indian equity markets continued to trade under pressure on June 8, with the Nifty50 hovering around the 23,200 mark amid broad-based selling across sectors.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73840.05 down by -403.29 points or by -0.54 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23218.75 down by -147.95 points or by -0.63 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73875.95 and intraday low of 73318.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23226.45 and intraday low of 23070.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.80,+2.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1508.60,+1.75%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 413.70,+1.38%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1796.90,+0.75%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 364.35,+0.75%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 250.80,-2.20%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4382.70,-2.14%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2990.70,-1.65%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2164.00,-1.56%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 875.60,-1.52%), among others.
HCS index was at 47193.42 up by 285.04 points or by 0.61%. Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 2132.45,+4.97%), Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 353.25,+4.85%), Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 557.30,+3.83%), Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 1003.15,+3.50%), Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 778.55,+3.31%),.
Metal index was at 42608.03 down by -604.49 points or by -1.4%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 185.65,-2.52%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 90.72,-2.44%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 674.90,-2.38%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 387.25,-2.11%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1074.00,-1.69%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4573 , shares advanced were 1556 while 2778 shares declined and 239 were unchanged.