Stock markets opened lower today as investors reacted to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statement that tariffs will be imposed starting August 1 on countries that have not yet reached an agreement with the Trump administration.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83380.97 down by -51.92 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25461 up by 55.7 points or by 0.22 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83471.63 and intraday low of 83262.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25470.25 and intraday low of 25331.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 941.25,+1.73%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3750.00,+1.73%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1655.00,+0.90%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1739.50,+0.82%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1449.00,+0.44%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1825.00,-9.54%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12089.00,-4.43%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2342.00,-3.41%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 286.00,-2.75%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.50,-2.15%), among others.
Metal index was at 31746.93 down by -107.78 points or by -0.34%. JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1000.00,-3.98%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.50,-2.15%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 685.00,-2.05%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 132.00,-2.00%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1692.00,-1.71%),.
CGS index was at 72105.7 down by -216.71 points or by -0.3%. GMR Airports Ltd. (Rs. 81.00,-9.91%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 5655.15,-8.18%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 507.00,-4.50%), Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd. (Rs. 915.00,-2.79%), Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (Rs. 39900.00,-2.65%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2237 , shares advanced were 1038 while 965 shares declined and 234 were unchanged.