Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower with deep cuts during the noon trading session weighed down by hefty selling in Realty and IT stocks.
At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76032.87 down by -1382.05 points or by -1.79 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23153.3 down by -366.05 points or by -1.56 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77487.05 and intraday low of 75912.18 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23565.15 and intraday low of 23136.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 682.60,+5.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1537.20,-3.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1940.15,-3.28%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1771.90,-3.10%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1522.00,-3.08%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8690.30,-2.89%), among others.
In BSE, BSE Oil&Gas index was at 25291.58 up by 158.07 points or by 0.63%. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 130.90,+2.47%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 285.30,+2.46%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 186.40,+2.00%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 247.85,+0.59%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 361.75,+0.44%),.
In BSE, BSE_PSU index was at 18133.96 up by -15.39 points or by -0.08%. KIOCL Ltd. (Rs. 247.70,+4.98%), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (Rs. 283.35,+3.98%), Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 206.20,+3.41%), Bank of India (Rs. 110.65,+3.31%), IFCI Ltd. (Rs. 44.39,+3.04%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4337 , shares advanced were 2700 while 1440 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.