Domestic bourses continued to extend losses during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Zomato Ltd.NTPC Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd and Bajaj Finance Ltd. among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77443.52 down by -573.67 points or by -0.74 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23542.4 down by -126.25 points or by -0.53 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78167.87 and intraday low of 77345.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23736.5 and intraday low of 23500.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 653.00,+2.46%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2762.85,+0.95%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1636.00,+0.60%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1742.55,+0.51%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1949.90,+0.20%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 202.75,-3.36%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 355.70,-3.12%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1420.15,-2.54%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1093.00,-2.38%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8892.05,-1.98%), among others.
Auto index was at 48873.77 up by 130.02 points or by 0.27%. Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 134.75,+2.74%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 28061.00,+2.22%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 212.45,+1.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2769.00,+1.18%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2590.00,+0.95%),.
_HCS index was at 41453.48 down by -542.33 points or by -1.29%. Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 1087.15,-5.61%), Neuland Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 11296.65,-5.28%), FDC Ltd. (Rs. 390.50,-4.59%), Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (Rs. 1122.65,-4.21%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 17.00,-4.17%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4303 , shares advanced were 1104 while 3048 shares declined and 151 were unchanged.