Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Friday dragged down by IT heavyweights amid weak trend in the US equities.
The RBI on Friday decided to pause on the policy rate front amid geopolitical uncertainties.
This is the first monetary policy review after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Budget for financial year 2026-27.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82985.78 down by -328.15 points or by -0.39 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25506.65 down by -136.15 points or by -0.53 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83331.35 and intraday low of 82945.56 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25630.8 and intraday low of 25504.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 315.25,+1.61%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 975.00,+1.07%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 412.00,+0.82%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.40,+0.74%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2001.55,+0.48%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2922.80,-2.31%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1612.75,-2.03%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4051.10,-1.95%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1053.15,-1.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 281.75,-1.80%), among others.
FMCG index was at 18608.19 up by -14 points or by -0.08%. Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (Rs. 2160.00,+8.98%), Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 3650.00,+3.52%), United Breweries Ltd. (Rs. 1510.80,+1.92%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 315.25,+1.61%), Venky's (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1586.00,+1.02%),.
_IT index was at 34188.87 down by -654.21 points or by -1.88%. Accelya Solutions India Ltd. (Rs. 1269.95,-8.02%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 532.25,-6.38%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1048.00,-4.87%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 166.25,-4.70%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1128.55,-4.32%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3946 , shares advanced were 1264 while 2473 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.