Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Tata Motors Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd.Hindustan Unilever Ltd.Eternal Ltd. ITC Ltd among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82261.05 down by -254.09 points or by -0.31 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25043.65 down by -97.75 points or by -0.39 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82661.04 and intraday low of 82107.36 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25196.2 and intraday low of 25009.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2048.90,+1.81%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2240.60,+1.46%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1709.90,+1.09%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1652.25,+0.86%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1462.00,+0.41%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 724.45,-1.60%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 153.95,-1.54%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2344.00,-1.35%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 254.35,-1.01%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 421.90,-0.99%), among others.
HCS index was at 44366.58 up by 358.41 points or by 0.81%. Innova Captab Ltd. (Rs. 942.95,+7.98%), RPG Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 2320.25,+5.43%), Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 1813.45,+5.34%), Vimta Labs Ltd. (Rs. 1022.10,+4.90%), Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 1451.85,+4.44%),.
IT index was at 38291.58 up by 21.69 points or by 0.06%. Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1269.65,+15.40%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 680.65,+9.39%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 874.55,+3.26%), Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 1058.70,+2.43%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 10.26,+1.99%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4132 , shares advanced were 1684 while 2260 shares declined and 188 were unchanged.