Indian benchmark indices were trading lower in the volatile trade with Nifty around 24150 ahead of monthly expiry.
At 14:20 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77255.23 down by -113.88 points or by -0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24153.05 down by -66 points or by -0.27 %.
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 24115.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1685.85,+0.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 329.80,+0.55%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 410.10,+0.45%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2909.30,+0.42%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1420.00,+0.42%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1303.80,-1.30%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 183.70,-1.24%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.95,-0.92%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 723.35,-0.71%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.50,-0.66%), among others.
_HCS index was at 50692.41 up by 118.76 points or by 0.23%. Sigachi Industries Ltd. (Rs. 33.71,+10.52%), Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 532.70,+4.57%), Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 11.20,+4.28%), Indoco Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 229.00,+4.23%), Acutaas Chemicals Ltd. (Rs. 3308.90,+4.23%),.
IT index was at 29219.69 down by -182.23 points or by -0.62%. Rashi Peripherals Ltd. (Rs. 764.15,-11.97%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 5225.00,-4.26%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 289.95,-3.09%), Silver Touch Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 175.70,-2.66%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 584.40,-2.62%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4637 , shares advanced were 1896 while 2511 shares declined and 230 were unchanged.