Indian benchmark indices pared all the early gains and slipped in red during the morning deals amid selling witnessed in stocks including Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd., Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd among others.
At 10:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57568.43 down by -85.43 points or by -0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 16944.8 down by -40.9 points or by -0.24 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 57949.45 and intraday low of 57566.18 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17061.75 and intraday low of 16943.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1020.85,+0.83%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3131.00,+0.35%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 220.70,+0.27%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1569.65,+0.27%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 171.50,+0.20%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1082.90,-1.75%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 748.75,-1.72%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 405.85,-1.46%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8180.90,-1.14%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2772.65,-1.08%), among others.
Metal index was at 18808.32 up by 70.96 points or by 0.38%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 395.60,+1.44%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 210.50,+0.98%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1199.00,+0.78%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 102.50,+0.20%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 17094.46 down by -243.1 points or by -1.4%. Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 910.45,-5.00%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 335.95,-2.58%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 231.00,-2.30%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (Rs. 469.30,-1.98%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 147.95,-1.50%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3405 , shares advanced were 1060 while 2201 shares declined and 144 were unchanged.