Indian benchmark indices traded largely flat in early trade on August 21, amid a mixed trend across sectors. On the Nifty, Kotak Mahindra Bank, M&M, Eicher Motors, Eternal and Sun Pharma were among the top gainers, while JSW Steel, Grasim, TCS, Infosys and HDFC Life featured among the major laggards.
At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77490.64 down by -47.08 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24230.8 down by -1.05 points or by 0 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77725.67 and intraday low of 77445.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24284.05 and intraday low of 24210.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 403.70,+1.30%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 412.60,+0.95%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 184.45,+0.65%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 730.20,+0.51%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1254.10,+0.30%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2265.85,-1.16%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1305.10,-1.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1119.80,-0.92%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5021.30,-0.80%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2021.05,-0.77%), among others.
Metal index was at 41932.74 up by 234.65 points or by 0.56%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 593.80,+3.63%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 391.70,+1.63%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1130.75,+1.32%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1038.45,+1.00%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 176.60,+1.00%),.
_IT index was at 29195.22 down by -262.01 points or by -0.89%. LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4426.45,-2.52%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 698.65,-2.50%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 289.55,-2.00%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 543.35,-1.76%), eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 541.50,-1.70%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3532 , shares advanced were 1847 while 1471 shares declined and 214 were unchanged.