The Nifty50 and the Sensex continued to trade lower during the noon trading session as banks and financial services shares weighed.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77284.05 down by -256.78 points or by -0.33 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24149.15 down by -102.85 points or by -0.42 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77789.4 and intraday low of 77201.66 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24313 and intraday low of 24144.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.90,+1.81%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1317.70,+1.05%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1125.80,+0.52%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1909.00,+0.43%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5107.00,+0.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2001.10,-1.36%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 408.85,-1.12%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1081.10,-1.11%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1679.25,-1.05%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1034.50,-1.04%), among others.
Metal index was at 42331.67 up by 536.03 points or by 1.28%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 179.00,+2.90%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 608.80,+2.35%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 402.80,+1.97%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1317.00,+1.95%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.90,+1.81%),.
Bankex index was at 65027.11 down by -341.69 points or by -0.52%. Bank of Baroda (Rs. 241.00,-2.11%), Canara Bank (Rs. 127.25,-1.74%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 85.69,-1.05%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1034.50,-1.04%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 356.55,-0.96%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4837 , shares advanced were 2151 while 2406 shares declined and 280 were unchanged.