Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower amid profit-taking after recording a sharp rally in the previous session as investors turned cautious in view of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81552.78 down by -243.37 points or by -0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24851.7 down by -94.8 points or by -0.38 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81890.15 and intraday low of 81471.89 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24982.05 and intraday low of 24846.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2269.40,+1.15%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1224.55,+0.73%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1704.95,+0.64%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1732.50,+0.55%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 335.55,+0.54%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1652.00,-1.99%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 925.00,-1.36%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 249.00,-1.25%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 812.45,-1.05%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 680.50,-0.90%), among others.
Realty index was at 7977.61 up by 61.84 points or by 0.78%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1637.60,+1.36%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1603.70,+1.02%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1481.05,+0.96%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1945.65,+0.89%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 866.60,+0.88%),.
HCS index was at 43881.78 down by -295.41 points or by -0.67%. Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 239.05,-3.98%), Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 950.00,-3.14%), Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 1805.15,-2.74%), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 3275.95,-2.69%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 20.75,-2.63%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3826 , shares advanced were 2168 while 1414 shares declined and 244 were unchanged.