Trimming all the early gains, Indian benchmark indices dipped in red during the noon trading session amid selling witnessed in CDS and FMCG stocks.
At 12:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59925.8 down by -103.26 points or by -0.17 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17860.55 down by -28.4 points or by -0.16 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60361.82 and intraday low of 59877.68 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17988.75 and intraday low of 17854.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1893.85,+4.28%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7850.00,+1.82%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1513.55,+1.55%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 4775.00,+0.62%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1322.00,+0.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 791.90,-2.79%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 788.80,-1.49%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2420.00,-1.35%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1196.50,-1.30%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2392.60,-1.03%), among others.
Among the sectors, CGS index was at 27823 up by 603.54 points or by 2.22%. SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 3470.15,+5.29%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1895.70,+4.38%), Schaeffler India Ltd. (Rs. 7750.00,+2.93%), Finolex Cables Ltd. (Rs. 485.45,+2.52%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 2099.85,+1.87%),.
CDS index was at 44105.62 down by -383.2 points or by -0.86%. Vaibhav Global Ltd. (Rs. 565.70,-2.72%), Orient Electric Ltd. (Rs. 376.65,-2.00%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1015.55,-1.55%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1202.45,-1.52%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 471.70,-1.31%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3492 , shares advanced were 1700 while 1608 shares declined and 184 were unchanged.