Benchmark equity indices slipped in afternoon deals after trading higher amid weekly Nifty F&O expiry and ahead of the two-day GST meet starting Wednesday.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80119.74 down by -244.75 points or by -0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24574.9 down by -50.15 points or by -0.2 %.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1198.55,+2.07%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 285.40,+1.98%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 335.80,+1.48%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.15,+1.25%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2679.15,+1.17%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3257.30,-1.74%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2536.80,-1.33%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1942.50,-1.28%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1393.60,-1.21%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1880.70,-1.02%), among others.
Power index was at 6598.31 up by 90.2 points or by 1.39%. Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1304.20,+3.39%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 738.60,+2.98%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 511.45,+2.09%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 285.45,+2.00%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3188.00,+1.57%),.
Bankex index was at 60025.86 down by -408 points or by -0.68%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1941.40,-1.33%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1394.60,-1.14%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 944.80,-0.62%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1055.00,-0.60%), State Bank of India (Rs. 804.00,-0.24%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4433 , shares advanced were 2575 while 1682 shares declined and 176 were unchanged.