Benchmark indices, Nifty50 and Sensex, were trading lower on Friday amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, coupled with rising oil prices.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81062.46 down by -629.52 points or by -0.77 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24706.45 down by -181.75 points or by -0.73 %
Sensex touched intraday high of 81149.67 and intraday low of 80354.59 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24724.6 and intraday low of 24473
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1663.10,+1.18%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1696.80,+0.58%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3443.75,+0.29%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1702.15,+0.00%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1404.90,-2.73%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1993.55,-1.65%), State Bank of India (Rs. 792.45,-1.64%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 284.85,-1.37%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 819.30,-1.26%), among others.
IT index was at 37910.47 up by 37.58 points or by 0.1%. R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 439.80,+4.21%), Control Print Ltd. (Rs. 750.75,+2.58%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 933.00,+2.52%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 9585.00,+1.93%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 536.65,+1.37%),.
Bankex index was at 62522.1 down by -687.85 points or by -1.09%. Canara Bank (Rs. 111.25,-3.85%), State Bank of India (Rs. 792.45,-1.64%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 819.30,-1.26%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1918.65,-1.20%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 238.50,-1.08%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4138 , shares advanced were 1320 while 2636 shares declined and 182 were unchanged.