Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finserv Ltd, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.NTPC Ltd and Bajaj Finance Ltd. among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81033.52 down by -340.23 points or by -0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24588.05 down by -128.55 points or by -0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81774.23 and intraday low of 80843.92 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24845.1 and intraday low of 24571.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3051.95,+0.88%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1638.25,+0.40%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1419.85,+0.38%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3534.95,+0.26%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1935.95,+0.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1994.00,-1.74%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1443.85,-1.67%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.15,-1.35%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1181.80,-1.12%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9030.00,-1.12%), among others.
Realty index was at 7676.54 up by 141.84 points or by 1.88%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1560.50,+7.53%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1224.80,+4.00%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1585.00,+2.85%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1472.95,+2.74%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1807.35,+2.26%),.
Power index was at 6762.9 down by -65.65 points or by -0.96%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 68.64,-3.62%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 255.45,-2.28%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 547.40,-1.36%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.45,-1.26%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 86.46,-0.96%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4185 , shares advanced were 2038 while 1945 shares declined and 202 were unchanged.