Indian benchmark indices remained under pressure on Monday afternoon amid selling seen in index heavyweights including Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, NTPC Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76837.44 down by -427.07 points or by -0.55 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24031.7 down by -143.95 points or by -0.6 %.
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 23993.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1441.80,+1.16%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3350.00,+0.53%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1927.30,+0.37%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 411.90,+0.28%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13420.00,+0.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1661.00,-2.59%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 181.65,-2.44%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 324.00,-2.26%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 706.05,-1.94%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5089.00,-1.80%), among others.
Auto index was at 63765.89 up by 28.69 points or by 0.05%. TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 4330.00,+0.70%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 469.45,+0.70%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1284.10,+0.67%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3350.00,+0.53%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 11967.00,+0.39%),.
Metal index was at 42079.54 down by -889.81 points or by -2.07%. Adani Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 3012.00,-4.86%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 597.00,-3.97%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 378.90,-3.83%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 181.65,-2.44%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1157.10,-1.69%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4817 , shares advanced were 1768 while 2788 shares declined and 261 were unchanged.