Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Tuesday, after two days of rally, dragged lower by IT stocks and weak Asian market trends.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81396.54 down by -779.91 points or by -0.95 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24760.65 down by -240.5 points or by -0.96 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82091.54 and intraday low of 81261.96 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24976.1 and intraday low of 24737.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 813.35,+1.64%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2332.30,+0.21%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11424.00,-2.26%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1439.70,-1.42%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3490.20,-1.35%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3040.65,-1.30%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 338.95,-1.30%), among others.
Realty index was at 7338.84 up by 28.73 points or by 0.39%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1464.75,+1.76%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1199.20,+0.99%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1749.35,+0.44%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 780.20,+0.38%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 523.20,+0.29%),.
_Bankex index was at 62574.81 down by -560.97 points or by -0.89%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1441.15,-1.32%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1200.20,-1.24%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2069.00,-0.98%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1921.20,-0.97%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 239.30,-0.91%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3808 , shares advanced were 1609 while 2000 shares declined and 199 were unchanged.