Indian benchmark indices started the day on a firm note on Friday, surging 219 points in early deals on hopes of a possible relaxation in US tariff's deadline, but soon turned flat.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83744.71 down by -11.16 points or by -0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25538.6 down by -10.4 points or by -0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83985.09 and intraday low of 83645.41 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25622.5 and intraday low of 25537.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 162.90,+1.50%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1747.65,+1.39%), State Bank of India (Rs. 806.15,+1.15%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 296.20,+0.95%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1682.75,+0.81%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2013.05,-1.92%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 939.50,-1.26%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2000.35,-1.12%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 263.00,-0.81%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2187.45,-0.75%), among others.
Metal index was at 32100.23 up by 367.94 points or by 1.16%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 469.20,+3.00%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 71.85,+1.84%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 135.70,+1.57%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 162.90,+1.50%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 196.35,+1.45%),.
Realty index was at 7803.15 down by -29.23 points or by -0.37%. Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1949.90,-1.66%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1690.00,-0.52%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1434.75,-0.42%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1249.85,-0.37%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2386.70,-0.18%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3266 , shares advanced were 2212 while 884 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.