Domestic bourses were trading lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Eternal Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.UltraTech Cement Ltd. and Titan Company Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83369.88 down by -63.01 points or by -0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25448 down by -13 points or by -0.05 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83516.82 and intraday low of 83262.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25489.8 and intraday low of 25407.25
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2408.00,+2.91%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 417.05,+1.09%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2412.50,+0.85%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1539.00,+0.76%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2441.85,+0.70%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1624.30,-1.86%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 256.60,-1.78%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12490.00,-1.26%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12379.35,-1.01%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3653.35,-0.90%), among others.
_FMCG index was at 20458.21 up by 282.38 points or by 1.4%. Hindustan Foods Ltd. (Rs. 578.15,+7.19%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (Rs. 233.80,+5.94%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1263.20,+5.90%), Jyothy Labs Ltd. (Rs. 360.50,+5.38%), Dabur India Ltd. (Rs. 515.50,+4.09%),.
IT index was at 38074.55 down by -242.52 points or by -0.63%. Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 967.70,-3.41%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 989.00,-2.97%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 332.10,-2.25%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 395.30,-2.21%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1624.70,-1.83%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4256 , shares advanced were 1690 while 2350 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.