After a week of sharp gains, equity benchmark indices saw a negative start to Thursday's trade, tracking losses across global markets ahead of Friday's jobs data in the US.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 69428.84 down by -224.89 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 20875.15 down by -62.55 points or by -0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 69695.33 and intraday low of 69320.53 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 20941.25 and intraday low of 20850.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3288.40,+1.12%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9302.35,+1.00%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 10726.15,+0.95%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 226.35,+0.87%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 283.00,+0.66%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1001.10,-2.23%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2517.00,-1.91%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 993.25,-0.97%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7367.80,-0.79%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1466.10,-0.54%), among others.
Power index was at 5679.36 up by 86.7 points or by 1.55%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1642.05,+4.92%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 306.25,+4.13%), Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1206.10,+3.77%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 62.12,+3.12%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 226.35,+0.87%),.
FMCG index was at 19641.55 down by -129.4 points or by -0.65%. Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 398.80,-10.50%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (Rs. 403.50,-6.45%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. (Rs. 28.50,-6.00%), Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. (Rs. 683.55,-5.76%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd. (Rs. 82.89,-5.66%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3125 , shares advanced were 1774 while 1242 shares declined and 109 were unchanged.