Indian benchmark indices continued to trade flat during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including IndusInd Bank Ltd. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd HCL Technologies Ltd and Infosys Ltd among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77613.32 up by 6.89 points or by 0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23571.8 down by -20.15 points or by -0.09 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77766.7 and intraday low of 77185.62 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23649.2 and intraday low of 23451.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2176.40,+2.12%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1354.40,+1.32%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2265.90,+1.30%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 677.00,+1.26%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1737.35,+0.81%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 651.10,-3.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2670.55,-2.30%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11455.35,-2.27%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1597.80,-1.78%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1576.95,-1.66%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 25269.04 up by 214.94 points or by 0.86%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 203.75,+4.17%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 248.30,+2.52%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 184.40,+1.54%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 280.20,+1.54%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 362.95,+0.93%),.
IT index was at 36276.28 down by -497.08 points or by -1.35%. Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 60.68,-5.44%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 332.25,-5.21%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 12.21,-4.91%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 697.15,-3.87%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 9.54,-3.64%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4286 , shares advanced were 1778 while 2350 shares declined and 158 were unchanged.