Indian benchmark indices witnessed a sharp fall in the afternoon session on October 14 amid selling seen in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finserv, Sun Pharmaceutical, Mahindra & Mahindra among others
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72792.42 down by -241.36 points or by -0.33 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22612.4 down by -109.55 points or by -0.48 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73195.26 and intraday low of 72578.75 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22757.95 and intraday low of 22558.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1092.00,+2.81%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1575.00,+2.14%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2305.00,+1.68%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1184.55,+1.53%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1898.90,+1.25%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1711.50,-2.52%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1731.00,-2.15%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 962.00,-2.11%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2808.30,-1.91%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1729.40,-1.85%), among others.
IT index was at 29019.02 up by 458.53 points or by 1.61%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 153.30,+12.68%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 361.00,+10.31%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 646.25,+6.38%), Silver Touch Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 133.25,+6.26%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1700.00,+6.18%),.
HCS index was at 48225.88 down by -545.22 points or by -1.12%. Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 492.00,-5.53%), TAKE Ltd. (Rs. 11.52,-4.95%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 29.06,-4.81%), Artemis Medicare Services Ltd. (Rs. 301.40,-3.15%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 8988.50,-3.09%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4694 , shares advanced were 2576 while 1880 shares declined and 238 were unchanged.