Domestic bourses continued to trade lower on Thursday, mirroring weak global market trends after the US Fed's interest rate hike.
ITC, Maruti, IndusInd Bank and Hindustan Unilever were among the gainers in early trade.
Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading lower.
The US markets ended in the negative territory on Wednesday.
At 10:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59123.75 down by -333.03 points or by -0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17622 down by -96.35 points or by -0.54 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 59403.05 and intraday low of 58973.07 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17708.25 and intraday low of 17580.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 347.10,+1.77%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2651.35,+1.05%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1068.00,+0.75%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3024.00,+0.74%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3372.35,+0.53%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1755.05,-2.60%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 221.25,-2.27%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2410.50,-2.02%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1496.80,-1.45%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 796.50,-1.17%), among others.
FMCG index was at 16390.52 up by 139.8 points or by 0.86%. LT Foods Ltd. (Rs. 111.35,+2.77%), Future Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 1.95,+2.63%), Marico Ltd. (Rs. 548.45,+2.46%), Chaman Lal Setia Exports Ltd. (Rs. 112.40,+2.32%), Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. (Rs. 72.75,+2.11%),.
Bankex index was at 46594.11 down by -525.8 points or by -1.12%. Bank of Baroda (Rs. 137.15,-2.94%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1498.65,-1.32%), Bandhan Bank Ltd. (Rs. 285.30,-1.21%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 904.30,-1.21%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1896.20,-1.14%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3410 , shares advanced were 1667 while 1577 shares declined and 166 were unchanged.