Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the morning deals weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Axis Bank Ltd. Kotak Mahindra Bank LtdBharti Airtel Ltd, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd among others.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81741.5 down by -517.74 points or by -0.63 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24965.25 down by -146.2 points or by -0.58 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82334.75 and intraday low of 81673.14 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25144.6 and intraday low of 24938.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 161.10,+0.78%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 930.05,+0.67%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 866.50,+0.20%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1583.50,+0.05%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1108.00,-4.47%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2135.75,-1.67%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1899.50,-1.58%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1433.25,-1.33%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1545.30,-1.16%), among others.
Metal index was at 31342.1 up by 17.4 points or by 0.06%. Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 683.55,+0.74%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 134.45,+0.64%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 160.85,+0.63%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 69.91,+0.52%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 439.30,+0.51%),.
Bankex index was at 62741.9 down by -844.91 points or by -1.33%. Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1106.70,-4.58%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2135.00,-1.70%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1970.90,-0.79%), State Bank of India (Rs. 823.15,-0.66%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 245.10,-0.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3928 , shares advanced were 1323 while 2389 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.