Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 opened flat with a positive bias on Wednesday, amid weak global cues.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75332.58 up by 31.32 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22843.3 up by 9 points or by 0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75473.69 and intraday low of 75201.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22888.3 and intraday low of 22807.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 222.80,+2.04%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.10,+1.58%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8799.00,+1.37%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 689.95,+1.21%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 340.30,+0.86%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3488.00,-1.82%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1582.30,-1.65%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1533.10,-1.63%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1414.55,-1.16%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1731.90,-0.96%), among others.
Power index was at 6374.07 up by 56.25 points or by 0.89%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 561.75,+2.43%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 55.96,+1.78%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 367.55,+1.35%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 642.45,+1.19%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 910.30,+1.03%),.
_IT index was at 35432.78 down by -494.07 points or by -1.38%. Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2316.75,-5.03%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 7410.00,-2.21%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4350.05,-2.20%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5209.35,-1.96%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1357.90,-1.84%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3429 , shares advanced were 2651 while 643 shares declined and 135 were unchanged.