Indian benchmark indices continued to extend losses during the noon trading session as most of the sectoral indices were trading in red. Trading was volatile due to expiry of weekly index options on the NSE.
At 14:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59830.59 down by -517.5 points or by -0.86 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17609.65 down by -144.75 points or by -0.82 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60467.09 and intraday low of 59811.99 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17772.35 and intraday low of 17606.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.25,+1.60%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2194.55,+1.13%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 775.10,+1.13%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 867.90,+0.87%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 179.25,+0.25%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1250.50,-3.08%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2356.50,-2.53%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1353.30,-1.93%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 857.00,-1.75%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8550.10,-1.65%), among others.
Metal index was at 19716.39 up by 156.63 points or by 0.8%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.25,+1.60%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1216.55,+1.27%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 683.45,+1.16%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 578.10,+0.57%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 87.86,+0.54%),.
Auto index was at 29427.6 down by -489.24 points or by -1.64%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1250.50,-3.08%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1989.95,-2.86%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 1084.75,-2.28%), Motherson Sumi Wiring India Ltd. (Rs. 49.00,-2.10%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 3148.45,-1.74%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3846 , shares advanced were 1664 while 2006 shares declined and 176 were unchanged.