Stock markets today were cautious ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81191.68 down by -250.36 points or by -0.31 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24708.45 down by -42.45 points or by -0.17 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81464.59 and intraday low of 81183.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24763.35 and intraday low of 24703.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 809.55,+0.80%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 258.55,+0.78%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 329.75,+0.33%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1460.50,+0.30%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2382.40,+0.22%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 155.20,-1.77%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 702.70,-1.04%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1445.00,-0.67%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1545.00,-0.60%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1931.85,-0.60%), among others.

Realty index was at 7759.35 up by 54.93 points or by 0.71%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1655.00,+1.77%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2336.40,+1.06%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1576.00,+0.91%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1256.10,+0.90%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 831.40,+0.72%),.

CGS index was at 70704.93 down by -303.49 points or by -0.43%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 18783.55,-3.72%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 514.35,-2.59%), Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (Rs. 418.90,-2.46%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 5009.10,-1.23%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 688.00,-1.18%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3265 , shares advanced were 1736 while 1370 shares declined and 159 were unchanged.