Indian benchmark indices extended the losses in the afternoon session on Monday amid selling in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. ITC Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. State Bank of India among others.
At 12:27 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 71950.46 down by -521.87 points or by -0.72 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22357.6 down by -162.85 points or by -0.72 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72884.25 and intraday low of 71848.1 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22651.1 and intraday low of 22354.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 372.20,+1.00%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2816.10,+0.86%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2931.70,+0.40%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 960.60,+0.26%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 324.05,+0.22%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1469.90,-3.11%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 258.90,-2.74%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1773.60,-1.83%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1828.85,-1.73%), State Bank of India (Rs. 943.20,-1.56%), among others.
CGS index was at 74319.94 up by 1028.24 points or by 1.4%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 39.50,+5.11%), PTC Industries Ltd. (Rs. 25324.50,+3.17%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3699.30,+2.76%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 6946.00,+2.51%), Polycab India Ltd. (Rs. 8430.45,+2.19%),.
FMCG index was at 16851.46 down by -204.89 points or by -1.2%. Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 655.10,-4.53%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (Rs. 491.95,-3.03%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd. (Rs. 53.00,-2.84%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 258.90,-2.74%), India Glycols Ltd. (Rs. 322.00,-2.48%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4653 , shares advanced were 2395 while 1974 shares declined and 284 were unchanged.