Indian benchmark index continued to trade lower during the noon trading session tracking losses across global markets ahead of Friday's jobs data in the US.
At 12:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 69555.82 down by -97.91 points or by -0.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 20912 down by -25.7 points or by -0.12 %.
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. 229.00,+2.05%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9319.70,+1.19%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 10726.55,+0.95%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3578.90,+0.91%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1711.60,+0.68%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1002.30,-2.11%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2521.00,-1.76%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 130.40,-1.06%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3361.40,-0.89%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 995.35,-0.76%), among others.
Among sectors, Power index was at 5694.57 up by 101.91 points or by 1.82%. Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 319.10,+8.50%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 63.33,+5.13%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1608.90,+2.80%), Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1192.40,+2.59%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 229.00,+2.05%),.
Metal index was at 24696.66 down by -159.55 points or by -0.64%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 517.20,-1.17%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 130.40,-1.06%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 349.00,-0.88%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 98.55,-0.66%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 98.86,-0.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3974 , shares advanced were 2242 while 1562 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.