Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Thursday in-tandem with sluggish global market trends amid growing tensions in the Middle East.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82391.83 down by -123.31 points or by -0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25098.05 down by -43.35 points or by -0.17 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82661.04 and intraday low of 82254.56 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25196.2 and intraday low of 25064.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2257.70,+2.23%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2053.95,+2.06%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1716.00,+1.45%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9530.55,+1.13%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 339.85,+0.53%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1611.15,-1.20%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 728.80,-1.01%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 254.35,-1.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3053.45,-0.93%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1706.00,-0.91%), among others.
HCS index was at 44411.57 up by 403.4 points or by 0.92%. Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 268.55,+8.59%), RPG Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 2315.75,+5.23%), Vimta Labs Ltd. (Rs. 1023.10,+5.00%), Kopran Ltd. (Rs. 209.20,+4.55%), Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 2735.00,+3.31%),.
IT index was at 37955.31 down by -314.58 points or by -0.82%. C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (Rs. 1796.90,-7.95%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1128.30,-3.33%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 885.65,-2.58%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 383.35,-2.31%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 1839.85,-2.22%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3819 , shares advanced were 1780 while 1830 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.