The Nifty 50 and Sensex pared losses from the day’s lows, supported by gains in pharma and healthcare stocks, which helped limit the broader market decline.
At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72418.94 down by -352.78 points or by -0.48 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22660.2 down by -120.05 points or by -0.53 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72684.9 and intraday low of 72064 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22753.25 and intraday low of 22569.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1767.80,+1.50%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 407.90,+1.47%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 188.50,+1.34%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1786.05,+0.80%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1852.90,+0.70%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4706.00,-2.26%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1228.65,-2.00%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 983.70,-1.92%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 967.30,-1.80%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1870.15,-1.36%), among others.
HCS index was at 51455.69 up by 343.34 points or by 0.67%. Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 25.78,+16.13%), Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 553.10,+15.87%), Procter & Gamble Health Ltd. (Rs. 5859.00,+8.39%), Indoco Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 265.60,+6.62%), Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 567.35,+5.63%),.
CDS index was at 59751.67 down by -899.11 points or by -1.48%. Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 6693.00,-4.18%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1059.35,-2.90%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 213.50,-2.29%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4706.00,-2.26%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1103.30,-2.14%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4702 , shares advanced were 1982 while 2478 shares declined and 242 were unchanged.