The BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty today were volatile in trade, amid nervousness in the global markets ahead of US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement on April 2, 2025.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77293.8 down by -312.63 points or by -0.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23529.3 down by -62.65 points or by -0.27 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77766.7 and intraday low of 77244.8 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23649.2 and intraday low of 23504.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2161.90,+1.44%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2260.00,+1.04%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 674.65,+0.90%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2253.20,+0.58%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1284.10,+0.45%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 651.00,-3.36%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2662.80,-2.58%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 288.65,-2.12%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1577.00,-1.66%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1602.35,-1.50%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 25390.87 up by 336.77 points or by 1.34%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 253.85,+4.81%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 201.65,+3.09%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 184.20,+1.43%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 279.55,+1.30%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 361.55,+0.54%),.
IT index was at 36325.08 down by -448.28 points or by -1.22%. Subex Ltd. (Rs. 12.31,-4.13%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 337.00,-3.85%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 61.75,-3.77%), Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 5241.05,-3.27%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 9.61,-2.93%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4130 , shares advanced were 1883 while 2075 shares declined and 172 were unchanged.