Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Tuesday as elevated crude oil prices and escalating tensions in West Asia weighed on investor sentiment.
At 10:32 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77451.07 down by -277.09 points or by -0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24214.05 down by -73.6 points or by -0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77575.21 and intraday low of 77362.19 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24269.65 and intraday low of 24208
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1096.85,+0.63%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1236.60,+0.54%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 338.70,+0.53%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3415.45,+0.45%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 267.20,+0.43%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2649.15,-1.70%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1941.50,-1.42%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1122.50,-1.36%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5213.00,-1.27%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2039.95,-1.22%), among others.
HCS index was at 50903.41 up by 214.03 points or by 0.42%. Supriya Lifescience Ltd. (Rs. 819.65,+4.55%), Cohance Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 461.95,+3.88%), Concord Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 1568.90,+3.67%), Sigachi Industries Ltd. (Rs. 27.20,+3.15%), Suraksha Diagnostic Ltd. (Rs. 317.80,+2.91%),.
Realty index was at 7006.4 down by -87.62 points or by -1.24%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1223.40,-2.52%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1998.60,-1.60%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 664.45,-1.42%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1910.80,-1.15%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1388.70,-1.09%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4107 , shares advanced were 1885 while 1985 shares declined and 237 were unchanged.