The sell-off continued on Dalal Street on Monday, with rising crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties and weak trends across Asian markets weighing on investor sentiment.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72970.91 down by -924.83 points or by -1.25 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22865.4 down by -275.1 points or by -1.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73740.85 and intraday low of 72921.75 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23080.25 and intraday low of 22849.9
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 722.95,-1.75%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2620.00,-1.73%), State Bank of India (Rs. 965.90,-1.69%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1305.10,-1.61%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1909.55,-1.57%), among others.
The top gainers of the NSE Nifty pack were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 1216.10,+1.26%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 426.90,+0.19%), among others.
HCS index was at 51208.44 up by -387.66 points or by -0.75%. Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 22.26,+10.97%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 34.77,+10.00%), Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 744.00,+4.89%), 3B BlackBio Dx Ltd. (Rs. 1535.00,+4.89%), Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 490.60,+4.80%),.
Power index was at 7213.59 down by -123.37 points or by -1.68%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1251.55,-3.21%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 30400.05,-2.21%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 410.40,-2.10%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 496.75,-2.08%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 198.90,-2.02%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4335 , shares advanced were 1318 while 2775 shares declined and 242 were unchanged.