Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Tuesday amid uncertainty on the geopolitical and global trade front.
Foreign fund outflows also weighed on investors' sentiments.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81110.71 down by -263.04 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24733.15 up by 16.55 points or by 0.07 %.
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 24601.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3053.20,+0.92%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1940.20,+0.38%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.40,+0.22%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1416.35,+0.13%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 241.35,+0.02%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1445.35,-1.56%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2005.50,-1.17%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2346.55,-1.11%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9031.55,-1.10%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3642.70,-1.10%), among others.
Realty index was at 7588.85 up by 54.15 points or by 0.72%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1489.00,+2.60%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1205.10,+2.33%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1463.15,+2.05%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 591.60,+2.04%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1558.50,+1.13%),.
Power index was at 6792.64 down by -35.91 points or by -0.53%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 68.84,-3.34%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 548.00,-1.25%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 258.45,-1.13%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 394.35,-0.64%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.30,-0.58%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3938 , shares advanced were 2230 while 1469 shares declined and 239 were unchanged.