The Indian equity benchmark snapped a two-day winning streak to end lower on March 23 amid weak global cues after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, ignoring the banking crisis.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 57925.28 down by -289.31 points or by -0.5 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17076.9 down by -75 points or by -0.44 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58396.17 and intraday low of 57838.85 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17205.4 and intraday low of 17045.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 19050.35,+1.25%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8339.65,+1.07%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 762.55,+0.99%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 419.10,+0.73%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 380.20,+0.68%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 512.70,-1.69%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1679.15,-1.49%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2797.40,-1.49%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1066.05,-1.40%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 361.55,-1.34%), among others.
Power index was at 3674.8 up by 24.44 points or by 0.67%. Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 1084.25,+5.00%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 982.45,+5.00%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 3359.75,+1.47%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 296.25,+0.75%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3327.25,+0.66%),.
Realty index was at 3117.69 down by -31.9 points or by -1.01%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1282.00,-4.31%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 436.45,-3.62%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 841.00,-2.07%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 54.69,-1.87%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1065.80,-1.71%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3902 , shares advanced were 1575 while 2161 shares declined and 166 were unchanged.