Indian stock market benchmarks traded lower, with the Nifty slipping below the 23,350 mark, amid broad-based selling across sectors, barring FMCG and IT.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74674.38 down by -107.38 points or by -0.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23345.3 down by -52.8 points or by -0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75436.44 and intraday low of 74583.55 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23592.85 and intraday low of 23311.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1275.00,+5.63%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2307.25,+4.78%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1079.70,+4.00%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1599.60,+3.90%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 719.70,+1.65%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 390.35,-3.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4899.95,-2.10%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1880.10,-1.94%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4881.50,-1.86%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1354.10,-1.82%), among others.
_IT index was at 28739.7 up by 916.22 points or by 3.29%. eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 593.60,+19.99%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 164.90,+12.06%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 461.75,+8.61%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 281.75,+5.98%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1275.00,+5.63%),.
_CGS index was at 75426.86 down by -2113.2 points or by -2.73%. Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4538.30,-6.10%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4333.45,-4.65%), Timken India Ltd. (Rs. 3149.00,-4.59%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 869.95,-4.40%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3530.05,-4.08%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4692 , shares advanced were 1440 while 3002 shares declined and 250 were unchanged.