Equity benchmark indices started the day with cuts on Wednesday mirroring losses in Asian equities ahead of the key vote in the US Congress on raising the borrowing limit.
At 9:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62707.03 down by -262.1 points or by -0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18560.3 down by -73.55 points or by -0.39 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 62876.77 and intraday low of 62666.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18603.9 and intraday low of 18552.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 975.80,+1.73%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1148.70,+1.14%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1111.00,+1.08%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3171.10,+0.88%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 21701.30,+0.60%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 581.45,-1.92%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2660.00,-1.22%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2491.45,-1.11%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 927.90,-1.03%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 174.95,-0.99%), among others.
HCS index was at 23669.87 up by 139.96 points or by 0.59%. Marksans Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 86.17,+6.36%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 1809.70,+5.53%), Hester Biosciences Ltd. (Rs. 1694.95,+3.78%), Venus Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 246.85,+3.57%), AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (Rs. 3401.00,+2.16%),.
Metal index was at 19591.15 down by -181.54 points or by -0.92%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 280.55,-1.75%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 516.45,-1.22%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 408.70,-1.08%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 697.45,-1.03%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 83.35,-1.00%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3042 , shares advanced were 1588 while 1334 shares declined and 120 were unchanged.