Indian benchmark index continued to bleed during the noon trading session weighed down by selling index heavyweights including HDFC Bank Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, Infosys Ltd, Bajaj Finserv Ltd. Titan Company Ltd.among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76195.06 down by -1219.86 points or by -1.58 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23240.35 down by -279 points or by -1.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77487.05 and intraday low of 76081.8 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23565.15 and intraday low of 23173.1.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 682.95,+5.14%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 201.95,+0.22%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1775.35,-2.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1550.50,-2.54%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1531.05,-2.51%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1958.35,-2.37%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2992.80,-2.32%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 25351.37 up by 217.86 points or by 0.87%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 286.80,+3.00%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 131.25,+2.74%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 249.55,+1.28%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 184.20,+0.79%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 389.20,+0.74%),.
Realty index was at 6402.26 down by -199.32 points or by -3.02%. Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1562.70,-4.48%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1141.60,-3.65%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1154.10,-3.56%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2055.65,-3.37%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 662.30,-2.67%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4221 , shares advanced were 2624 while 1396 shares declined and 201 were unchanged.