The Nifty50 and Sensex opened lower as rising crude oil prices heightened concerns over the inflation outlook, while ongoing tensions between the US and Iran weighed on investor sentiment.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76331.43 down by -184 points or by -0.24 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23828.65 down by -69.05 points or by -0.29 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76477.19 and intraday low of 76251.46 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23890 and intraday low of 23818.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1433.00,+0.70%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 408.00,+0.69%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1853.65,+0.63%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 324.10,+0.34%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3973.40,+0.19%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1100.30,-2.63%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1562.90,-1.83%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1273.30,-1.60%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 186.50,-1.32%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2281.05,-0.86%), among others.
CGS index was at 78117.85 up by 249.27 points or by 0.32%. Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3573.20,+3.57%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 3656.65,+1.86%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3166.00,+1.64%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 1015.80,+1.29%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 650.10,+1.28%),.
_IT index was at 28926.06 down by -475.04 points or by -1.62%. LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4416.00,-2.95%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1101.00,-2.57%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1727.50,-2.44%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 278.40,-2.37%), Mphasis Ltd. (Rs. 2368.80,-2.33%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3893 , shares advanced were 1958 while 1696 shares declined and 238 were unchanged.