Stock markets opened lower on Monday as investors reacted to the U.S. airstrikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran, marking its support for Israel in the ongoing West Asia conflict.
At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81636.25 down by -771.92 points or by -0.94 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24927.5 down by -184.9 points or by -0.74 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81984.44 and intraday low of 81567.68 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24988.1 and intraday low of 24911.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2368.15,+0.15%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1937.45,+0.03%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1585.50,-2.24%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2261.90,-1.87%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3135.00,-1.49%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 891.45,-1.46%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1714.80,-1.43%), among others.
CGS index was at 70241.79 up by -1.57 points or by 0%. Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 524.80,+2.76%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1937.65,+1.90%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 415.40,+1.80%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3467.65,+1.42%), Finolex Cables Ltd. (Rs. 929.80,+1.36%),.
IT index was at 37670.71 down by -500.79 points or by -1.31%. D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 522.00,-3.90%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1585.50,-2.24%), Ksolves India Ltd. (Rs. 335.90,-1.60%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 473.85,-1.59%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 74.24,-1.58%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3382 , shares advanced were 1139 while 2048 shares declined and 195 were unchanged.