Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights HCL Technologies Ltd, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77084.08 down by -532.32 points or by -0.69 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24056.3 down by -154.7 points or by -0.64 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77402.79 and intraday low of 77001.58 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24157.1 and intraday low of 24038.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1938.15,+1.92%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1947.80,+1.23%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2202.00,+0.94%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1819.00,+0.48%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 187.90,+0.40%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1170.40,-4.14%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5102.80,-2.44%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3089.80,-2.20%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 376.65,-2.09%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3849.00,-2.01%), among others.
HCS index was at 50202.74 up by 265.98 points or by 0.53%. Wanbury Ltd. (Rs. 335.70,+11.62%), Biocon Ltd. (Rs. 438.15,+6.72%), Orchid Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 1068.60,+6.07%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 540.00,+5.76%), Rubicon Research Ltd. (Rs. 1501.85,+4.41%),.
Realty index was at 7179.72 down by -132.58 points or by -1.81%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1151.50,-3.89%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 575.70,-2.32%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 557.00,-2.19%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2113.90,-2.17%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1487.10,-1.98%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4592 , shares advanced were 1523 while 2835 shares declined and 234 were unchanged