Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Friday, dragged by IT shares and sluggish trends in Asian markets.
Investors turned cautious ahead of the release of domestic GDP data, analysts said.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81453.93 down by -179.09 points or by -0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24751.15 down by -82.45 points or by -0.33 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81698.21 and intraday low of 81364.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24863.95 and intraday low of 24750.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 232.15,+1.69%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2024.50,+0.68%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3670.00,+0.41%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1933.80,+0.25%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1460.00,+0.23%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1560.45,-1.57%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1577.05,-1.43%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 714.90,-1.32%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2967.45,-1.26%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 814.95,-1.12%), among others.
_CGS index was at 71217.91 up by 567.76 points or by 0.8%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 71.77,+9.71%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 2091.85,+6.06%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 520.00,+4.18%), SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 4712.10,+2.83%), Cummins India Ltd. (Rs. 3258.45,+2.72%),.
Metal index was at 30779.94 down by -507.51 points or by -1.62%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 439.25,-2.78%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 70.56,-2.38%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 654.55,-2.20%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 636.90,-2.02%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 456.70,-1.72%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3802 , shares advanced were 1543 while 2067 shares declined and 192 were unchanged.