Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Tuesday amid renewed escalation in the US-Iran standoff and elevated crude oil prices.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77162.23 down by -206.88 points or by -0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24120.5 down by -98.55 points or by -0.41 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77390.72 and intraday low of 77125.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24198.25 and intraday low of 24119.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2924.55,+0.95%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1678.00,+0.18%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5073.70,+0.16%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1415.95,+0.14%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 328.35,+0.11%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1302.30,-1.42%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 184.20,-0.97%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1568.50,-0.92%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 336.75,-0.88%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 269.20,-0.83%), among others.
Bankex index was at 65104.57 up by -36.04 points or by -0.06%. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1134.20,+1.90%), Union Bank of India (Rs. 183.85,+0.55%), Canara Bank (Rs. 127.30,+0.16%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1415.95,+0.14%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 241.40,+0.06%),.
IT index was at 29220.11 down by -181.81 points or by -0.62%. Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1689.50,-3.19%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 5291.00,-3.05%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 584.95,-2.52%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1878.40,-2.50%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 555.55,-2.49%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4135 , shares advanced were 1650 while 2230 shares declined and 255 were unchanged.