Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the late morning deals as Auto shares witnessed some bit of profit booking after advancing in the past three sessions.
At 11:42 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60196.06 down by -152.03 points or by -0.25 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17717.7 down by -36.7 points or by -0.21 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60467.09 and intraday low of 60057.1 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17772.35 and intraday low of 17668.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.45,+1.78%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 181.90,+1.73%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 778.25,+1.54%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 872.65,+1.42%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1641.90,+0.71%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1261.55,-2.22%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2385.15,-1.34%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 387.75,-1.16%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3357.00,-0.96%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1724.00,-0.91%), among others.
Power index was at 3584.96 up by 48.1 points or by 1.36%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 650.55,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 860.85,+4.99%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 196.05,+4.98%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 181.90,+1.73%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 3420.45,+1.22%),.
Auto index was at 29669.23 down by -247.61 points or by -0.83%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1261.55,-2.22%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2749.60,-1.59%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2016.00,-1.59%), Motherson Sumi Wiring India Ltd. (Rs. 49.42,-1.26%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 1099.60,-0.95%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3584 , shares advanced were 1888 while 1536 shares declined and 160 were unchanged.