Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Friday as the prolonged US-Iran standoff continued to weigh on investor sentiment.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77744.3 down by -335.66 points or by -0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24334.05 down by -61.8 points or by -0.25 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77923.58 and intraday low of 77684.37 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24365 and intraday low of 24304.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1683.00,+1.10%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 320.55,+0.80%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1957.30,+0.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5072.00,+0.42%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 180.50,-2.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1626.60,-1.42%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1209.55,-1.26%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2722.75,-1.23%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1919.60,-1.20%), among others.
CDS index was at 65657.91 up by 69.14 points or by 0.11%. Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1315.65,+2.09%), Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (Rs. 555.40,+1.81%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 7269.95,+1.33%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 615.70,+0.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5072.00,+0.42%),.
Metal index was at 41134.44 down by -573.5 points or by -1.38%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 380.00,-5.68%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 161.80,-3.72%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 559.05,-3.28%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 180.50,-2.38%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1025.85,-1.97%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4096 , shares advanced were 1789 while 2088 shares declined and 219 were unchanged.