Paring all the the early gains, the 30-share benchmark index slipped in red during the late noon trading session owing to weakness in FMCG stocks and index heavyweights Reliance and Bharti Airtel.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57788.67 down by -111.52 points or by -0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17037.85 down by -5.45 points or by -0.03 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58473.63 and intraday low of 57768.28 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17211.35 and intraday low of 17024.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2831.00,+3.09%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 108.90,+2.30%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 229.45,+1.93%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2398.30,+1.77%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2178.00,+1.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2399.10,-1.85%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 17934.10,-1.81%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1045.45,-1.74%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 760.70,-1.44%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2251.80,-1.08%), among others.
Power index was at 3612.8 up by 63.33 points or by 1.78%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 741.40,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 946.60,+5.00%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 214.95,+4.98%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 255.75,+2.01%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 229.45,+1.93%),.
Realty index was at 3074.18 down by -17.99 points or by -0.58%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1240.80,-3.99%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 56.51,-1.60%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 448.90,-0.87%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1101.45,-0.46%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 345.60,-0.42%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3801 , shares advanced were 1915 while 1725 shares declined and 161 were unchanged.