The Nifty50 and Sensex traded in the red, weighed down by rising oil prices and weakness across most global equity markets.
At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73171.1 down by -724.64 points or by -0.98 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23064.9 down by -75.6 points or by -0.33 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73740.85 and intraday low of 73155.4 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23064.9 and intraday low of 23064.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2084.55,+0.03%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 978.10,-1.70%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 397.25,-1.52%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 725.25,-1.43%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1744.00,-1.41%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1913.00,-1.39%), among others.
IT index was at 27027.01 up by -116.71 points or by -0.43%. Allied Digital Services Ltd. (Rs. 124.10,+7.45%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 253.00,+7.34%), Silver Touch Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 153.25,+3.86%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 445.50,+2.37%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 506.40,+2.30%),.
CGS index was at 74850.78 down by -1108.06 points or by -1.46%. Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 1034.25,-2.95%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 408.55,-2.54%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3235.10,-2.42%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4320.00,-2.28%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 17376.25,-2.20%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3753 , shares advanced were 1162 while 2371 shares declined and 220 were unchanged.