Indian benchmark indices continued to trade with significant losses during the noon trading session pressured by selling in index heavyweights.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81162.86 down by -288.15 points or by -0.35 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24700.35 down by -50.35 points or by -0.2 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81403.88 and intraday low of 80654.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24739.75 and intraday low of 24526.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1466.30,+2.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3024.00,+1.53%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 241.20,+1.03%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2367.75,+0.78%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.95,+0.71%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1543.65,-1.93%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.80,-1.37%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 711.65,-1.08%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3518.20,-1.01%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1928.00,-0.85%), among others.
Realty index was at 7521.15 up by 161.72 points or by 2.2%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1171.35,+6.84%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1532.35,+4.41%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 579.70,+3.23%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1582.60,+2.79%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1459.05,+2.05%),.
Metal index was at 30512.74 down by -247.62 points or by -0.8%. JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 976.10,-1.78%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.80,-1.37%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 452.20,-1.32%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 430.95,-1.12%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 939.05,-0.99%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4431 , shares advanced were 2133 while 2095 shares declined and 203 were unchanged.