The benchmark indices opened lower in the red zone on Wednesday continuing their losses from the previous session.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60433.47 down by -321.39 points or by -0.53 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17979.5 down by -133.55 points or by -0.74 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60870.17 and intraday low of 60194.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18129.2 and intraday low of 17965.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7960.75,+2.76%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 18500.00,+1.89%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1216.95,+1.88%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 206.65,+0.76%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2608.75,+0.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1887.00,-1.77%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 622.80,-1.67%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1200.80,-1.56%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3322.40,-1.48%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1917.85,-1.27%), among others.
Metal index was at 20215.87 up by 260.19 points or by 1.3%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1216.95,+1.88%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 409.85,+1.80%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 327.80,+1.69%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 163.40,+1.62%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 142.40,+1.57%),.
_IT index was at 37344.55 down by -532.09 points or by -1.4%. L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 5024.45,-7.32%), HCL Infosystems Ltd. (Rs. 28.25,-3.75%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 690.00,-3.37%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 518.10,-3.10%), Affle (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1404.60,-3.07%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3157 , shares advanced were 1170 while 1899 shares declined and 88 were unchanged.