Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Wednesday, dragged by ITC amid stake sale reports.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81323.98 down by -227.65 points or by -0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24750.5 down by -75.7 points or by -0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81613.36 and intraday low of 81244.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24864.25 and intraday low of 24737.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1417.85,+0.95%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1856.35,+0.67%), State Bank of India (Rs. 797.05,+0.41%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 339.95,+0.40%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1575.30,+0.31%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 421.25,-2.92%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2426.35,-1.46%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3007.95,-1.05%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 813.00,-0.98%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2310.80,-0.78%), among others.
Realty index was at 7370.02 up by 41.64 points or by 0.57%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1400.65,+3.82%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1220.55,+2.45%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1469.00,+1.64%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2274.50,+1.27%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1470.00,+1.18%),.
FMCG index was at 20439.27 down by -248.58 points or by -1.2%. Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 10505.95,-4.04%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 421.25,-2.92%), Honasa Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 310.00,-2.42%), Gulshan Polyols Ltd. (Rs. 190.50,-1.98%), Flair Writing Industries Ltd (Rs. 274.80,-1.87%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3793 , shares advanced were 1919 while 1627 shares declined and 247 were unchanged.