Indian benchmark indices continued to trade deep in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Tata Steel Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Infosys Ltd among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72712.98 down by -2651.71 points or by -3.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22020.25 down by -884.2 points or by -3.86 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73149.12 and intraday low of 71425.01 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22190 and intraday low of 21743.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2251.45,+0.31%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 128.95,-8.19%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3037.90,-6.79%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 573.45,-6.58%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2025.60,-5.03%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1383.30,-4.75%), among others.
FMCG index was at 19200.07 up by -314.56 points or by -1.61%. Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 62.95,+7.09%), CCL Products India Ltd. (Rs. 560.80,+1.82%), Hindustan Foods Ltd. (Rs. 535.00,+1.36%), Adani Wilmar Ltd. (Rs. 269.00,+1.05%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1163.90,+0.58%),.
Realty index was at 6017.56 down by -361.06 points or by -5.66%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 414.10,-9.30%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1091.65,-8.46%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 608.40,-6.99%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1926.80,-6.89%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1056.35,-6.27%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4438 , shares advanced were 488 while 3773 shares declined and 177 were unchanged.