Stock markets continued to trade lower on Friday amid selling in index heavyweights including Tata Steel Ltd,NTPC Ltd. Asian Paints Ltd and IndusInd Bank Ltd. among others.
At 14:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81468.08 down by -164.94 points or by -0.2 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24771.05 down by -62.55 points or by -0.25 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81698.21 and intraday low of 81286.45 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24863.95 and intraday low of 24717.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 236.75,+3.70%), State Bank of India (Rs. 811.00,+1.72%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1942.10,+0.68%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3674.00,+0.52%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2014.95,+0.21%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 160.75,-1.44%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 334.65,-1.37%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2266.40,-1.34%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 814.50,-1.17%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2406.25,-1.13%), among others.
CGS index was at 71276.36 up by 626.21 points or by 0.89%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 71.68,+9.57%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 538.65,+7.91%), NBCC (India) Ltd. (Rs. 123.45,+6.29%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 2038.50,+3.36%), Cummins India Ltd. (Rs. 3273.85,+3.20%),.
Metal index was at 30828.41 down by -459.04 points or by -1.47%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 437.05,-3.26%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 650.95,-2.73%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 635.10,-2.29%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 952.15,-1.95%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 70.96,-1.83%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4261 , shares advanced were 1922 while 2158 shares declined and 181 were unchanged.