Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Thursday mirroring weak trends in global equities amid the US fiscal worries along with debt concerns.
At 10:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80878.9 down by -717.73 points or by -0.88 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24606.05 down by -207.4 points or by -0.84 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81323.24 and intraday low of 80727.11 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24737.5 and intraday low of 24541.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 792.90,+2.83%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1830.75,+0.46%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 162.30,+0.43%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 230.30,+0.13%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 290.00,-2.08%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 425.60,-1.70%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2005.00,-1.55%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3040.10,-1.54%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1406.95,-1.54%), among others.
Realty index was at 7287.52 up by 20.41 points or by 0.28%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1382.50,+1.79%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1635.60,+1.03%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 520.65,+1.02%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1418.00,+0.76%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1739.65,+0.55%),.
FMCG index was at 20363.75 down by -248.71 points or by -1.21%. Vadilal Industries Ltd. (Rs. 6367.45,-5.84%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (Rs. 2512.40,-5.50%), Emami Ltd. (Rs. 590.05,-3.02%), Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (Rs. 8332.00,-2.62%), Gokul Agro Resources Ltd. (Rs. 244.70,-1.81%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3703 , shares advanced were 1790 while 1713 shares declined and 200 were unchanged.