Indian stock markets opened higher on Tuesday but quickly pared their gains, remaining within a consolidation phase.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81182.58 down by -191.17 points or by -0.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24649 down by -67.6 points or by -0.27 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81774.23 and intraday low of 80948.2 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24845.1 and intraday low of 24647.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3046.95,+0.71%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1942.25,+0.49%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 713.00,+0.22%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 814.35,+0.22%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.35,+0.19%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1449.00,-1.31%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3645.25,-1.03%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9040.50,-1.00%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2350.00,-0.97%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1439.00,-0.83%), among others.
Realty index was at 7595.34 up by 60.64 points or by 0.8%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1461.00,+1.90%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1476.25,+1.73%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 589.40,+1.66%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1794.30,+1.52%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1241.20,+0.93%),.
Bankex index was at 63046.31 down by -236.35 points or by -0.37%. YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 21.53,-7.48%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1439.00,-0.83%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1188.00,-0.60%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2053.50,-0.53%), Canara Bank (Rs. 116.80,-0.04%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3275 , shares advanced were 2040 while 1065 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.