Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the morning deals weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Bharti Airtel Ltd., Hindustan Unilever Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 69499.42 down by -154.31 points or by -0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 20883.45 down by -54.25 points or by -0.26 %.
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 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 229.65,+2.34%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 10832.00,+1.94%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9320.00,+1.19%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1719.95,+1.17%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1508.60,+0.60%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1004.00,-1.95%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2517.00,-1.91%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 992.40,-1.05%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1230.40,-0.77%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3366.60,-0.74%), among others.
Power index was at 5678.97 up by 86.31 points or by 1.54%. Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 316.10,+7.48%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 62.00,+2.92%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 229.55,+2.30%), Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1188.80,+2.28%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1592.00,+1.72%),.
FMCG index was at 19669.97 down by -100.98 points or by -0.51%. Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 430.95,-3.29%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 14205.00,-3.00%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. (Rs. 423.75,-2.19%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2517.00,-1.91%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. (Rs. 356.55,-1.86%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3741 , shares advanced were 2106 while 1441 shares declined and 194 were unchanged.