Indian benchmark indices remained under pressure on Monday afternoon amid selling in index heavyweights including Infosys Ltd. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76125.83 down by -389.6 points or by -0.51 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23774.05 down by -123.65 points or by -0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76477.19 and intraday low of 75980.69 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23890 and intraday low of 23738.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12809.15,+0.86%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.05,+0.77%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3989.00,+0.58%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1848.30,+0.34%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1427.00,+0.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1089.50,-3.58%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1555.00,-2.32%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.00,-2.12%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1270.20,-1.84%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2265.50,-1.54%), among others.
HCS index was at 51191.25 up by 278.05 points or by 0.55%. Themis Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 135.30,+12.19%), Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (Rs. 1168.30,+10.39%), Anuh Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 89.10,+9.68%), Hikal Ltd. (Rs. 241.90,+8.87%), Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 695.95,+8.74%),.
IT index was at 28748.41 down by -652.69 points or by -2.22%. eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 502.30,-4.19%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1701.30,-3.92%), VL e-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 10.31,-3.64%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1812.20,-3.61%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1089.75,-3.56%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4879 , shares advanced were 2014 while 2592 shares declined and 273 were unchanged.