Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading with a negative bias on Wednesday, amid lack of market moving triggers.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81410.36 down by -141.27 points or by -0.17 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24766.2 down by -60 points or by -0.24 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81613.36 and intraday low of 81259.1 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24864.25 and intraday low of 24756.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1580.80,+0.66%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1854.35,+0.56%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1411.90,+0.53%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 718.95,+0.35%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1199.00,+0.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 419.80,-3.25%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2430.90,-1.27%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3560.20,-0.88%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 815.00,-0.74%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3017.55,-0.73%), among others.
TECk index was at 18013.44 up by 83.38 points or by 0.47%. ITI Ltd. (Rs. 331.10,+7.12%), Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1787.90,+3.36%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 610.15,+2.25%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 390.95,+1.85%), HFCL Ltd. (Rs. 88.38,+1.25%),.
FMCG index was at 20439.38 down by -248.47 points or by -1.2%. ITC Ltd. (Rs. 419.80,-3.25%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 10610.25,-3.09%), Chaman Lal Setia Exports Ltd. (Rs. 350.60,-2.27%), Honasa Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 312.20,-1.73%), CCL Products India Ltd. (Rs. 827.80,-1.72%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3214 , shares advanced were 1841 while 1218 shares declined and 155 were unchanged.