Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Monday as renewed tensions in West Asia triggered a rebound in crude oil prices.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76803.44 down by -461.07 points or by -0.6 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24028.85 down by -146.8 points or by -0.61 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77177.27 and intraday low of 76751.32 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24128.7 and intraday low of 24004.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 726.00,+0.83%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1885.00,+0.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1118.75,-2.18%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 182.35,-2.07%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5077.75,-2.02%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1055.40,-2.01%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1679.15,-1.52%), among others.
Auto index was at 63461.07 up by -276.13 points or by -0.43%. Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 48945.00,+0.67%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 11995.90,+0.64%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 4314.75,+0.34%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1279.55,+0.31%),.
Metal index was at 42072.22 down by -897.13 points or by -2.09%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 596.50,-4.05%), Adani Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 3062.70,-3.26%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 381.45,-3.19%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1010.25,-2.57%), Lloyds Metals & Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1771.65,-2.18%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4369 , shares advanced were 1475 while 2584 shares declined and 310 were unchanged.