Indian benchmark indices recovered significantly from the day’s lows but continued to trade in negative territory, with investor sentiment remaining cautious.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72423.11 down by -348.61 points or by -0.48 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22741.9 down by -38.35 points or by -0.17 %.
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. 1753.35,+0.67%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 265.85,+0.28%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2419.85,+0.19%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 186.25,+0.13%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1774.10,+0.13%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 324.35,-2.02%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 966.90,-1.84%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4742.00,-1.52%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1193.35,-1.46%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1236.50,-1.37%), among others.
HCS index was at 51233.55 up by 121.2 points or by 0.24%. Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 543.00,+13.75%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 25.21,+13.56%), Indoco Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 273.40,+9.76%), Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 582.05,+8.37%), NGL Fine - Chem Ltd. (Rs. 2896.55,+6.09%),.
_CDS index was at 60057.69 down by -593.09 points or by -0.98%. Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 6770.00,-3.08%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1064.40,-2.44%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 214.45,-1.85%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1546.80,-1.79%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1110.10,-1.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4508 , shares advanced were 1869 while 2398 shares declined and 241 were unchanged.