Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty erased early gains and slipped into negative territory amid heightened volatility on Thursday, as investor sentiment remained cautious due to persistent foreign fund outflows and rising geopolitical tensions.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77918.02 down by -40.5 points or by -0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24342.65 up by 11.7 points or by 0.05 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78384.7 and intraday low of 77713.21 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24482.1 and intraday low of 24284
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3381.65,+2.47%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 398.70,+1.01%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 379.35,+0.84%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 257.80,+0.74%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.10,+0.72%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2276.45,-1.79%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2404.50,-1.27%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1450.00,-1.15%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4310.00,-1.11%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1831.45,-1.02%), among others.
CGS index was at 80285.34 up by 1579.31 points or by 2.01%. Polycab India Ltd. (Rs. 8962.00,+6.47%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 407.95,+5.69%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4807.15,+5.47%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 34760.65,+4.23%), Zen Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1625.40,+3.73%),.
Auto index was at 60205.56 up by 1143.63 points or by 1.94%. Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1963.00,+4.74%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5375.50,+3.98%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 37996.60,+3.62%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3018.10,+3.41%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 362.65,+3.11%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4579 , shares advanced were 2869 while 1506 shares declined and 204 were unchanged.