Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights ITC Ltd, Nestle India Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Asian Paints Ltd among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81499.38 down by -52.25 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24792.65 down by -33.55 points or by -0.14 %.
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 Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9277.35,+1.14%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1862.15,+0.98%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1413.30,+0.63%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1455.45,+0.58%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1579.50,+0.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 420.70,-3.04%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2424.50,-1.53%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 812.30,-1.07%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3010.10,-0.98%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2306.15,-0.97%), among others.
CGS index was at 70743.41 up by 575.26 points or by 0.82%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 18315.70,+5.70%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 268.35,+3.09%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 67.27,+2.84%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 196.25,+1.95%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 392.50,+1.86%),.
FMCG index was at 20465.61 down by -222.24 points or by -1.07%. Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 10518.00,-3.93%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 420.90,-3.00%), Gulshan Polyols Ltd. (Rs. 189.95,-2.26%), AVT Natural Products Ltd. (Rs. 65.82,-1.98%), Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 4214.95,-1.98%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4109 , shares advanced were 2164 while 1738 shares declined and 207 were unchanged.