Indian benchmark indices were largely unchanged in Friday afternoon trade, with gains in metal and banking stocks offset by selling pressure across FMCG, pharmaceutical, automobile and IT shares.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77552.32 up by 14.6 points or by 0.02 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24230.55 down by -1.3 points or by -0.01 %.
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 24206.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 272.90,+2.88%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 413.70,+1.22%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 402.45,+0.99%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 731.10,+0.63%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4092.55,+0.50%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2923.00,-1.52%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5091.00,-1.39%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13619.00,-1.23%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1309.30,-0.81%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1240.90,-0.76%), among others.
Power index was at 7545.34 up by 51.69 points or by 0.69%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4184.00,+3.18%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 272.90,+2.88%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 34455.50,+2.67%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1317.00,+1.46%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 548.20,+1.06%),.
FMCG index was at 17967.79 down by -135.05 points or by -0.75%. Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (Rs. 719.70,-6.11%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 52.78,-4.71%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 319.00,-4.69%), KSE Ltd. (Rs. 187.50,-4.65%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. (Rs. 22.35,-4.65%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4663 , shares advanced were 2310 while 2107 shares declined and 246 were unchanged.