Indian benchmark indices continued to hover deep in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights.
At 12:15 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72923.54 down by -972.2 points or by -1.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22832.1 down by -308.4 points or by -1.33 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73740.85 and intraday low of 72832.08 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23080.25 and intraday low of 22807.55
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1743.00,-2.30%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3793.60,-2.20%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 385.10,-2.01%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 722.35,-1.83%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1905.30,-1.79%), among others.
The top losers of the NSE Nifty pack were Adani Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 2836.20,-2.75%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 283.35,-2.44%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1744.70,-2.42%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 959.60,-2.40%), Shriram Finance Ltd. (Rs. 971.40,-2.28%), among others.
CDS index was at 60784.27 up by -268.74 points or by -0.44%. Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1133.60,+1.49%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 13551.35,+1.06%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1584.10,+0.90%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 7000.00,+0.55%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 219.55,+0.39%),.
_Bankex index was at 61705.38 down by -1127.75 points or by -1.79%. YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 21.55,-4.05%), Union Bank of India (Rs. 173.45,-3.64%), Punjab National Bank (Rs. 113.25,-2.96%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 81.44,-2.86%), Canara Bank (Rs. 121.60,-2.68%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4612 , shares advanced were 1352 while 3004 shares declined and 256 were unchanged.