The Nifty50 and the Sensex erased gains as auto, realty, and bank stocks weighed. However, gains in global equities on the hopes for a truce between the US and Iran limited losses.
At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77782.01 down by -329.23 points or by -0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24135.7 down by -95.6 points or by -0.39 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78730.32 and intraday low of 77714.41 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24400.95 and intraday low of 24129.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 250.30,+1.54%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4032.70,+1.39%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 451.85,+0.97%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4112.30,+0.89%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1527.90,+0.88%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 797.25,-1.54%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4455.15,-1.51%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3207.00,-1.51%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1829.15,-1.42%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1676.20,-1.21%), among others.
Metal index was at 41859.71 up by 523.7 points or by 1.27%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1042.75,+3.07%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 434.20,+2.47%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 782.90,+2.22%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 591.75,+1.96%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 169.10,+1.32%),.
Auto index was at 58033.94 down by -374.5 points or by -0.64%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5154.60,-2.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3207.00,-1.51%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2302.25,-1.06%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3746.00,-1.04%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 354.65,-0.91%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4524 , shares advanced were 2401 while 1914 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.