Indian benchmark indices continued to extend losses during the noon trading session amid selling in index heavyweights including Axis Bank Ltd, NTPC Ltd., Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd., State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62424.99 down by -544.14 points or by -0.86 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18509.4 down by -124.45 points or by -0.67 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 62876.77 and intraday low of 62401.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18603.9 and intraday low of 18490.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3182.00,+1.22%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 524.70,+1.14%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 969.90,+1.12%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 827.30,+1.11%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1107.40,+0.76%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 915.50,-2.36%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 172.80,-2.21%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2644.05,-1.82%), State Bank of India (Rs. 582.25,-1.79%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1306.50,-1.63%), among others.
IT index was at 29353.25 up by 108.07 points or by 0.37%. Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1482.80,+6.36%), Brightcom Group Ltd. (Rs. 18.70,+5.00%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1052.15,+4.01%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 170.15,+3.81%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 466.00,+3.22%),.
Bankex index was at 49815.35 down by -626.65 points or by -1.24%. Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 915.50,-2.36%), State Bank of India (Rs. 582.20,-1.80%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1612.70,-1.49%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 763.20,-1.46%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1284.00,-0.83%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3684 , shares advanced were 1598 while 1944 shares declined and 142 were unchanged.