Benchmark Indian equity indices opened the final trading session of the week on a subdued note as Dalal Street investors turned cautious ahead of the policy announcement scheduled for Friday.
At 9:36 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83067.75 down by -246.18 points or by -0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25587.85 down by -54.95 points or by -0.21 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83331.35 and intraday low of 83053.13 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25630.8 and intraday low of 25553.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 975.95,+1.17%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 413.15,+1.10%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2008.10,+0.81%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2014.50,+0.70%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 290.90,+0.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1614.05,-1.95%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2937.30,-1.83%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1492.10,-1.82%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2395.75,-1.49%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1586.35,-1.40%), among others.
Power index was at 6775.69 up by 6.01 points or by 0.09%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 21750.00,+13.32%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 2698.10,+3.92%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 3612.90,+2.77%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 290.90,+0.57%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 670.95,+0.52%),.
_IT index was at 34198.22 down by -644.86 points or by -1.85%. Accelya Solutions India Ltd. (Rs. 1273.50,-7.76%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 165.60,-5.07%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 397.40,-3.89%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1538.30,-3.87%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1507.05,-3.84%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3317 , shares advanced were 1184 while 1966 shares declined and 167 were unchanged.