Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the morning deals dragged down by sharp sell-off in index pivotals. Shares across sectors declined, with metals, banks and IT stocks falling the most.
At 10:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59128.44 down by -677.84 points or by -1.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17407.2 down by -182.4 points or by -1.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 59262.47 and intraday low of 58884.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17451.5 and intraday low of 17324.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 436.50,+0.99%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8566.85,+0.29%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 388.75,+0.22%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 179.70,+0.14%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 226.10,+0.11%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2608.30,-2.26%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1595.95,-2.18%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 853.00,-1.75%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2155.60,-1.72%), State Bank of India (Rs. 549.75,-1.67%), among others.
Power index was at 3584.19 up by 30.94 points or by 0.87%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 683.05,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 903.85,+5.00%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 203.15,+3.62%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 300.75,+1.21%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 179.90,+0.25%),.
Bankex index was at 45949.37 down by -735.13 points or by -1.57%. HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1596.95,-2.12%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 852.90,-1.76%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 168.60,-1.69%), State Bank of India (Rs. 550.70,-1.50%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 844.00,-1.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3401 , shares advanced were 1308 while 1946 shares declined and 147 were unchanged.