Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty traded lower on Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of the next round of US-Iran negotiations in Doha.
Market sentiment was further weighed down by fresh foreign fund outflows and weakness in blue-chip IT stocks, limiting investor risk appetite.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76561.88 down by -166.49 points or by -0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23891.45 down by -54.8 points or by -0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77037.36 and intraday low of 76455.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24035.55 and intraday low of 23851.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13799.55,+2.76%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4343.50,+1.48%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1868.00,+1.41%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 995.00,+1.23%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1778.40,+1.05%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1011.90,-2.40%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2051.20,-2.18%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1084.20,-1.72%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 286.55,-1.46%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2123.20,-1.30%), among others.
Realty index was at 6434.44 up by 39.25 points or by 0.61%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1862.55,+1.75%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1944.15,+1.41%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1558.40,+1.26%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 944.00,+0.43%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1760.75,+0.36%),.
IT index was at 25936.27 down by -436.64 points or by -1.66%. Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 286.60,-4.24%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 684.20,-3.97%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 269.10,-3.91%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 859.50,-2.54%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 3593.95,-2.47%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4023 , shares advanced were 2036 while 1745 shares declined and 242 were unchanged.