Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session dragged by Zee Entertainment, Maruti Suzuki and ONGC among others.
Shares of Coal India fell over 2 percent to hit their all-time low of Rs 118.85. As per analysts' views, the company may witness de-growth in production during the current fiscal as its output is likely to fall below 600 million tonnes amid subdued demand.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 37853.46 down by -180.68 points or by -0.48 % and then NSE Nifty was at 11186.45 down by -64.1 points or by -0.57 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 38209.97 and intraday low of 37531.14 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 11302.2 and intraday low of 11084.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2515.20,+2.05%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 474.75,+1.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 797.90,+1.37%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 812.60,+1.28%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 508.85,+1.03%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 69.55,-2.25%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 864.05,-2.02%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 6501.80,-1.82%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2007.30,-1.55%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 613.30,-1.45%), among others.
Among the sectors, TECk index was at 9354.23 up by 67.18 points or by 0.72%. IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd. (Rs. 4903.50,+2.95%), HFCL Ltd. (Rs. 14.50,+2.47%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 2148.20,+2.44%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2515.20,+2.05%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 474.75,+1.47%),.
Realty index was at 1650.8 down by -39.03 points or by -2.31%. Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 51.70,-4.88%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 571.50,-4.08%), Sunteck Realty Ltd. (Rs. 259.95,-3.95%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 234.70,-3.48%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 164.00,-3.22%),
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2738 , shares advanced were 628 while 1954 shares declined and 156 were unchanged.