The Nifty 50 and Sensex trimmed their early gains, as weakness in IT and auto stocks weighed on the benchmark indices.
At 12:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 71965.48 up by 55.78 points or by 0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22454.6 up by 32.65 points or by 0.15 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72631.93 and intraday low of 71840.18 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22621.8 and intraday low of 22397.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 973.70,+2.56%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 318.60,+1.63%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 261.05,+1.58%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1765.30,+1.40%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1759.50,+1.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1200.40,-3.66%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2345.55,-2.52%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1012.20,-2.20%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 705.85,-1.88%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1786.05,-1.32%), among others.
Bankex index was at 61645.64 up by 289.51 points or by 0.47%. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1031.55,+4.13%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 326.00,+2.99%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 82.15,+2.28%), Punjab National Bank (Rs. 111.90,+1.82%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 21.02,+1.55%),.
HCS index was at 49350.8 down by -549.14 points or by -1.1%. Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 678.75,-5.20%), Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 1027.80,-5.11%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 31.31,-4.98%), Gaudium IVF And Women Health Ltd. (Rs. 104.40,-4.87%), Supriya Lifescience Ltd. (Rs. 886.35,-4.77%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4803 , shares advanced were 2006 while 2503 shares declined and 294 were unchanged.