Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session amid selling in energy and IT stocks ahead of the expiry of November series derivative contracts.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta, in his address at FEDAI event, said that downside risks to global economy continue due to resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
At 12:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 43682.52 down by -145.58 points or by -0.33 % and then NSE Nifty was at 12817.9 down by -40.5 points or by -0.31 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 44023.26 and intraday low of 43582.4 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 12916.75 and intraday low of 12790.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 839.00,+1.76%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 4756.00,+1.41%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 728.30,+1.19%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 3085.60,+1.15%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 545.65,+0.86%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 6923.50,-1.86%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 842.85,-1.36%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 850.85,-1.32%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2126.90,-1.27%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1104.00,-1.09%), among others.
Among the sectors, IT index was at 16465.01 up by 84.67 points or by 0.52%. Subex Ltd. (Rs. 20.10,+8.94%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 581.80,+4.66%), Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 77.05,+3.35%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 2478.65,+2.27%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 269.80,+2.18%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 13195.76 down by -108.35 points or by -0.81%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 438.80,-2.47%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 252.70,-1.85%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 377.50,-1.23%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 85.10,-0.76%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 80.25,-0.68%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2853 , shares advanced were 1468 while 1187 shares declined and 198 were unchanged.