Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower, mirroring weakness across global equities as elevated bond yields and persistent geopolitical uncertainties weighed on investor sentiment.
At 14:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76912.48 down by -322.98 points or by -0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24030.5 down by -124.4 points or by -0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77347.81 and intraday low of 76822.89 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24172.85 and intraday low of 24025.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 321.10,+1.61%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1319.10,+1.47%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 392.00,+1.21%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1892.25,+0.84%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1118.00,+0.27%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 263.05,-1.77%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 266.40,-1.37%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4033.00,-1.20%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2012.40,-1.16%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1080.40,-1.15%), among others.
IT index was at 29181.34 up by 75.61 points or by 0.26%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 183.20,+10.46%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 446.55,+6.61%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 894.60,+4.30%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 784.85,+3.72%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 29.85,+3.54%),.
CGS index was at 79168.42 down by -1200.42 points or by -1.49%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 33567.55,-4.69%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1086.40,-3.54%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 16639.75,-3.29%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 866.40,-3.08%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3482.00,-2.98%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4653 , shares advanced were 1794 while 2628 shares declined and 231 were unchanged.