Indian benchmark indices were trading lower during noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Infosys Ltd.Tata Consultancy Services Ltd HCL Technologies Ltd. and Bajaj Finance Ltd. among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76310.07 down by -307.37 points or by -0.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23267.3 down by -65.05 points or by -0.28 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76493.74 and intraday low of 75807.55 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23306.5 and intraday low of 23145.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1778.50,+3.75%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 296.05,+3.26%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 359.60,+2.19%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11487.25,+2.06%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2346.60,+1.73%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1361.00,-4.40%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1486.00,-4.12%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3401.75,-4.04%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1476.50,-3.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8508.10,-1.84%), among others.
HCS index was at 41789.08 up by 666.31 points or by 1.62%. GPT Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 169.00,+8.68%), Vimta Labs Ltd. (Rs. 1077.15,+6.77%), Jubilant Pharmova Ltd. (Rs. 960.05,+5.55%), Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 126.25,+5.21%), Indoco Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 255.55,+5.08%),.
_IT index was at 34205.07 down by -1437.09 points or by -4.03%. Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4808.00,-9.54%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 7175.85,-7.53%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1215.95,-7.36%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1327.30,-5.95%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2358.75,-4.67%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4138 , shares advanced were 2614 while 1317 shares declined and 207 were unchanged.