The Sensex and Nifty traded lower on Tuesday, as elevated crude oil prices and ongoing US-Iran tensions weighed on investor sentiment and kept risk appetite subdued.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75794.67 down by -338.14 points or by -0.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23703.65 down by -75.5 points or by -0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76012.11 and intraday low of 75697.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23758.95 and intraday low of 23657.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 415.20,+2.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 322.55,+0.69%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1701.20,+0.60%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1975.80,+0.50%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5008.85,+0.48%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3121.55,-1.34%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1410.00,-1.26%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1830.80,-1.20%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1252.55,-1.16%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 264.00,-1.11%), among others.
_CGS index was at 78826.82 up by 1141.06 points or by 1.47%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4733.05,+8.48%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4887.55,+6.47%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 5043.75,+3.86%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 415.20,+2.65%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 2226.25,+2.42%),.
Realty index was at 6935 down by -54.97 points or by -0.79%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 630.70,-1.62%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1831.00,-1.44%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1195.60,-1.25%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 673.70,-1.00%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1545.40,-0.86%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4119 , shares advanced were 1887 while 2008 shares declined and 224 were unchanged.