Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 are mixed and muted at market open on Wednesday, amid weakness in global markets following a lower close on Wall Street overnight.
At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76767.53 up by 32.64 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23344.1 up by 15.55 points or by 0.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77000.63 and intraday low of 76569.59 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23344.1 and intraday low of 23344.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2148.95,+1.33%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 743.85,+1.09%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1124.55,+0.94%), State Bank of India (Rs. 768.80,+0.72%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1310.05,+0.63%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11700.05,-1.28%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1686.45,-1.10%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 220.00,-1.03%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1414.85,-0.87%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 135.40,-0.77%), among others.
Bankex index was at 60334.03 up by 467.08 points or by 0.78%. YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 17.89,+2.11%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 239.45,+1.92%), Canara Bank (Rs. 94.15,+1.65%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 195.00,+1.62%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2148.95,+1.33%),.
Metal index was at 28386.63 down by -136.13 points or by -0.48%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 610.55,-1.23%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 135.40,-0.77%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 431.10,-0.68%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1002.30,-0.61%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 393.05,-0.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3182 , shares advanced were 2282 while 766 shares declined and 134 were unchanged.