The Nifty 50 and Sensex started the day in red, tracking weakness in global equities as elevated bond yields and persistent geopolitical uncertainty weighed on investor sentiment.
At 9:37 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76988.1 down by -247.36 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24106.05 down by -48.85 points or by -0.2 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77347.81 and intraday low of 76985.71 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24172.85 and intraday low of 24102.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1318.30,+1.41%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1127.70,+1.14%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 319.15,+1.00%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1888.00,+0.62%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 388.30,+0.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 182.65,-1.38%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4035.90,-1.13%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1081.70,-1.03%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 407.80,-1.00%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3384.45,-0.92%), among others.
IT index was at 29329.97 up by 224.24 points or by 0.77%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 180.20,+8.65%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 319.00,+5.28%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 440.20,+5.10%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 762.85,+4.96%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 29.77,+3.26%),.
CGS index was at 79000.06 down by -1368.78 points or by -1.7%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 33835.00,-3.93%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4054.05,-3.36%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3477.70,-3.10%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 866.50,-3.07%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 415.00,-2.40%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3425 , shares advanced were 1426 while 1838 shares declined and 161 were unchanged.