Indian benchmark indices trimmed their initial losses and traded largely flat in early trade on August 25, with the Nifty holding below the 24,200 level.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77259.46 down by -109.65 points or by -0.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24190.9 down by -28.15 points or by -0.12 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77390.72 and intraday low of 77146.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24198.25 and intraday low of 24128.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2911.95,+0.52%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1680.80,+0.35%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 409.55,+0.32%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 328.65,+0.20%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5074.15,+0.17%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1306.80,-1.07%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1571.50,-0.73%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13507.80,-0.63%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1072.75,-0.62%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.80,-0.57%), among others.
Bankex index was at 65212.56 up by 71.95 points or by 0.11%. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1134.70,+1.95%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 242.20,+0.39%), Union Bank of India (Rs. 183.40,+0.30%), Canara Bank (Rs. 127.45,+0.28%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1416.10,+0.15%),.
IT index was at 29260.13 down by -141.79 points or by -0.48%. Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 5313.25,-2.64%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 585.30,-2.47%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 557.00,-2.24%), Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 551.60,-2.19%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1707.40,-2.16%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3587 , shares advanced were 1798 while 1580 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.