Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty traded lower on Wednesday, weighed down by elevated crude oil prices and persistent geopolitical uncertainties that dampened investor sentiment.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76934.95 down by -300.51 points or by -0.39 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24072.7 down by -82.2 points or by -0.34 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77347.81 and intraday low of 76905.36 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24172.85 and intraday low of 24065.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 318.75,+0.87%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1892.70,+0.87%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 388.80,+0.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1304.80,+0.37%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5067.85,+0.35%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 263.95,-1.44%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4042.70,-0.96%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 407.95,-0.96%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 716.75,-0.89%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2263.00,-0.79%), among others.
IT index was at 29141.32 up by 35.59 points or by 0.12%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 182.70,+10.16%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 447.30,+6.79%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 319.00,+5.28%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 30.35,+5.27%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 17.16,+4.19%),.
CGS index was at 79011.03 down by -1357.81 points or by -1.69%. Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 16490.00,-4.16%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 33914.65,-3.71%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3464.10,-3.48%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 864.00,-3.35%), PTC Industries Ltd. (Rs. 19200.00,-2.94%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4084 , shares advanced were 1680 while 2187 shares declined and 218 were unchanged.