Domestic bourses continued to extend losses during the noon trading session amid hefty selling in index heavyweights including IndusInd Bank Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Infosys Ltd, State Bank of India among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 58204.11 down by -931.02 points or by -1.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17124.55 down by -288.35 points or by -1.66 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 59510.92 and intraday low of 58098.01 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17529.9 and intraday low of 17113.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1133.65,+6.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1062.50,-7.25%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 421.55,-3.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1188.85,-3.09%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1432.20,-2.66%), State Bank of India (Rs. 533.20,-2.57%), among others.
Power index was at 3590.73 up by -1.03 points or by -0.03%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 717.20,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 949.00,+5.00%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 215.50,+4.99%),.
Auto index was at 28717.48 down by -603.47 points or by -2.06%. Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 79.99,-3.57%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 421.95,-3.17%), Motherson Sumi Wiring India Ltd. (Rs. 47.60,-3.04%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1191.00,-2.91%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 17865.00,-2.79%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3931 , shares advanced were 767 while 3003 shares declined and 161 were unchanged.