Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were muted at market open on Wednesday, despite firm global market moves.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77930.78 down by -86.41 points or by -0.11 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23699.95 up by 31.3 points or by 0.13 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78167.87 and intraday low of 77876.83 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23736.5 and intraday low of 23663.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 649.60,+1.93%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1963.10,+0.87%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 293.60,+0.84%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1743.95,+0.59%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2264.80,+0.41%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 203.95,-2.79%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1439.45,-1.21%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11771.35,-1.06%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 364.15,-0.82%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9007.25,-0.71%), among others.
Realty index was at 6767.44 up by 69.34 points or by 1.04%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1239.00,+2.42%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1232.95,+0.96%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 986.35,+0.77%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1640.55,+0.76%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2150.10,+0.60%),.
_HCS index was at 41774.02 down by -221.79 points or by -0.53%. Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 382.05,-3.46%), Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 1114.35,-3.25%), Indegene Ltd. (Rs. 548.15,-2.26%), Sanofi India Ltd. (Rs. 5967.55,-2.08%), AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (Rs. 8262.00,-2.05%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3285 , shares advanced were 1475 while 1661 shares declined and 149 were unchanged.