Domestic markets extended losses in Thursday's intra-day trade, weighed by losses in index heavy-weights like Tata Consultancy Services, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Axis Bank, Hindustan Unilever, among many others.
At 14:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 58966.11 down by -444.97 points or by -0.75 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17334.3 down by -116.6 points or by -0.67 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 59423.79 and intraday low of 58866.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17445.8 and intraday low of 17306
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1111.85,+0.97%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 966.30,+0.77%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7300.00,+0.37%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1101.20,+0.08%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8575.00,-2.15%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 847.70,-2.03%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1473.00,-1.58%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3335.00,-1.50%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1256.60,-1.34%), among others.
Realty index was at 3247.25 up by 61.16 points or by 1.92%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 991.65,+17.31%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1127.25,+0.74%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 563.10,+0.71%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 870.75,+0.41%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 355.60,+0.03%),.
TECk index was at 13360.39 down by -155.95 points or by -1.15%. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 195.70,-1.81%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1472.70,-1.60%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 651.15,-1.59%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3334.95,-1.50%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 740.90,-1.24%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3748 , shares advanced were 1629 while 1945 shares declined and 174 were unchanged.