Domestic bourses slipped in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in ITC Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Asian Paints Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57605.52 down by -29.32 points or by -0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 16971.5 down by -14.1 points or by -0.08 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58178.94 and intraday low of 57526.96 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17145.8 and intraday low of 16963.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1110.95,+3.62%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 18793.60,+1.90%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1432.00,+1.83%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7218.00,+1.54%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2198.00,+1.10%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 371.50,-2.62%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8329.85,-1.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1155.20,-1.09%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 957.00,-1.06%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2871.25,-0.82%), among others.
_IT index was at 28694.97 up by 412.91 points or by 1.46%. Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 316.50,+16.06%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 868.70,+6.54%), Cressanda Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 23.07,+4.96%), Accelya Solutions India Ltd. (Rs. 1130.00,+4.85%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 280.15,+4.63%),.
Auto index was at 28127.76 down by -227.98 points or by -0.8%. Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2585.70,-3.03%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 2967.20,-2.25%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 2337.00,-1.47%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8325.10,-1.31%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 67.75,-1.02%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3645 , shares advanced were 2012 while 1477 shares declined and 156 were unchanged.