Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 pared their intraday gains on Tuesday as weakness in realty and chemical stocks offset positive momentum in the broader market.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78412.37 up by 127.3 points or by 0.16 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24448.35 up by 18 points or by 0.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78664.92 and intraday low of 78248.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24530.9 and intraday low of 24418.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1450.45,+3.17%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1074.60,+3.09%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1168.85,+3.07%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4609.15,+2.77%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1052.30,+2.27%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2948.25,-11.82%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 420.40,-1.20%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3994.70,-1.12%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1847.30,-0.89%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1414.00,-0.84%), among others.
_IT index was at 27197.76 up by 623.16 points or by 2.34%. R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 241.50,+7.14%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 12.10,+4.31%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 297.20,+4.17%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4892.40,+3.73%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 3860.10,+3.54%),.
CGS index was at 78436.09 down by -1245.3 points or by -1.56%. Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4411.10,-4.55%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1109.95,-3.11%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4415.45,-3.02%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1463.40,-2.75%), KEI Industries Ltd. (Rs. 5106.10,-2.75%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4533 , shares advanced were 1686 while 2633 shares declined and 214 were unchanged.