The domestic equity benchmarks continued to trade with marginal losses during the noon trading session amid some selling witnessed in stocks including Bajaj Finserv Ltd., Bajaj Finance Ltd. , HCL Technologies Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 12:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57895.44 down by -29.84 points or by -0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17077.85 up by 0.95 points or by 0.01 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58066.4 and intraday low of 57677.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17109.45 and intraday low of 16994.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1697.95,+1.12%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1389.30,+1.08%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3145.50,+0.69%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1106.10,+0.58%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 382.25,+0.54%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1255.45,-2.70%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5712.40,-2.13%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1049.40,-1.56%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 103.25,-1.53%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2181.55,-1.11%), among others.
IT index was at 27966.75 up by 145.76 points or by 0.52%. Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 97.05,+10.79%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 999.95,+6.19%), Xchanging Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 57.30,+2.93%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 903.60,+2.50%), MosChip Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 64.70,+2.39%),.
Metal index was at 18876.81 down by -252.58 points or by -1.32%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 83.04,-3.23%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 540.00,-3.05%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 390.00,-2.21%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1224.70,-1.56%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 103.25,-1.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3633 , shares advanced were 1293 while 2171 shares declined and 169 were unchanged.