Indian benchmark indices remained under pressure on Tuesday, with the Sensex falling more than 500 points and the Nifty slipping below 23,700.
At 12:15 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75624.89 down by -507.92 points or by -0.67 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23672.9 down by -106.25 points or by -0.45 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76012.11 and intraday low of 75594.98 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. 413.70,+2.27%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1983.45,+0.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 322.05,+0.53%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 265.05,+0.49%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1697.60,+0.39%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1244.20,-1.82%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1403.25,-1.73%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11025.40,-1.45%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1291.40,-1.38%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1836.80,-0.87%), among others.
CGS index was at 78807.61 up by 1121.85 points or by 1.44%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4745.65,+8.77%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4903.70,+6.82%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 5067.50,+4.35%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 2239.00,+3.01%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 1047.45,+2.87%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 25773.35 down by -244.1 points or by -0.94%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 306.40,-1.81%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 350.60,-1.70%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1291.40,-1.38%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 285.90,-1.33%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 153.20,-1.10%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4487 , shares advanced were 2039 while 2198 shares declined and 250 were unchanged.