The Nifty 50 and the Sensex declined, weighed down by losses in auto and financial services stocks.
At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74056.92 down by -258.69 points or by -0.35 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22987.65 down by -9.7 points or by -0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74504.34 and intraday low of 74044.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23076.55 and intraday low of 22953.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1733.35,+5.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1149.05,+3.42%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2416.85,+2.65%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1873.65,+1.17%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2859.00,+0.25%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1196.40,-2.20%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1705.70,-1.47%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3611.40,-1.22%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 247.40,-1.04%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2332.35,-1.02%), among others.
_IT index was at 30037.76 up by 636.26 points or by 2.16%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 154.80,+7.20%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1734.40,+5.20%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 180.95,+4.17%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 255.15,+4.14%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 916.90,+4.09%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 24510.82 down by -254.14 points or by -1.03%. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1198.40,-2.04%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 291.60,-1.15%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 127.20,-1.05%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 344.75,-1.05%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 222.90,-0.89%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3453 , shares advanced were 1702 while 1572 shares declined and 179 were unchanged.