Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session tracking weak global cues, especially the Asian markets. Index heavy-weights like Bajaj Twins, Tech Mahindra, M&M, SBI and HCL Technologies suffered losses.
At 12:38 hours the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 58163.91 down by -73.94 points or by -0.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17098.7 down by -55.6 points or by -0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58490.98 and intraday low of 57865.44 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17224.65 and intraday low of 17038.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.15,+1.22%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1071.20,+1.06%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2155.95,+0.92%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2354.80,+0.86%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 960.85,+0.70%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1113.00,-1.82%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1080.20,-1.69%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 379.75,-1.66%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1179.10,-1.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5784.75,-1.02%), among others.
Metal index was at 19535.94 up by 125.46 points or by 0.65%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.15,+1.22%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1196.00,+0.89%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 87.66,+0.75%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 280.45,+0.65%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 82.57,+0.62%),.
IT index was at 28615.72 down by -334.22 points or by -1.15%. Allied Digital Services Ltd. (Rs. 85.55,-7.83%), Xelpmoc Design and Tech Ltd. (Rs. 107.95,-6.86%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 3897.15,-4.56%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 92.00,-4.27%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 408.35,-3.63%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3654 , shares advanced were 1213 while 2304 shares declined and 137 were unchanged.