Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday as investors booked profits following a four-session winning streak, tracking weakness across Asian equity markets.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 78180.72 down by -104.35 points or by -0.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24398.7 down by -31.65 points or by -0.13 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78664.92 and intraday low of 78031.04 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24530.9 and intraday low of 24348.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1169.00,+3.08%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1445.35,+2.81%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1071.65,+2.81%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4602.65,+2.62%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 289.45,+2.12%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2928.05,-12.42%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1834.30,-1.59%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 418.95,-1.54%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3991.60,-1.19%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1306.65,-1.12%), among others.
IT index was at 27137.92 up by 563.32 points or by 2.12%. Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 301.15,+5.56%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 236.55,+4.95%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 12.07,+4.05%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 898.00,+3.91%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4884.00,+3.55%),.
CGS index was at 78303.25 down by -1378.14 points or by -1.73%. Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4398.05,-4.83%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1448.30,-3.75%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1105.20,-3.52%), HBL Engineering Ltd. (Rs. 782.40,-3.13%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 376.30,-2.88%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4646 , shares advanced were 1688 while 2756 shares declined and 202 were unchanged.