Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the morning deals amid mixed global cues and ahead of the Q4 GDP growth data to be released later today.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62612.81 down by -356.32 points or by -0.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18560.1 down by -73.75 points or by -0.4 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 62876.77 and intraday low of 62595.09 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18603.9 and intraday low of 18543.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1116.15,+1.55%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3187.00,+1.38%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 525.85,+1.36%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1149.10,+1.18%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 969.90,+1.12%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 581.95,-1.84%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2649.35,-1.62%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 174.00,-1.53%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2483.25,-1.43%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1615.95,-1.29%), among others.
CDS index was at 40799.54 up by 239.13 points or by 0.59%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3837.95,+4.24%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1312.35,+1.85%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1438.25,+0.43%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 825.45,+0.42%), Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 1159.25,+0.39%),.
Metal index was at 19557.19 down by -215.5 points or by -1.09%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 279.00,-2.29%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 240.80,-1.45%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 407.95,-1.26%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 83.20,-1.18%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 698.00,-0.95%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3403 , shares advanced were 1644 while 1614 shares declined and 145 were unchanged.