Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty slipped in red paring all the early gains amid profit booking.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading 80524.3 down by -193.71 points or by -0.24 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24675.3 down by -59 points or by -0.24 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81036.56 and intraday low of 80338.92 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24832.35 and intraday low of 24631.95

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3562.45,+2.36%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 333.20,+2.05%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14854.00,+1.35%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 694.70,+1.04%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1368.30,+0.67%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 406.80,-2.18%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3049.05,-1.51%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1442.95,-1.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1426.25,-1.17%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1200.75,-0.97%), among others.

Auto index was at 58844.49 up by 714.98 points or by 1.23%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3562.45,+2.36%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1307.40,+2.21%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6530.00,+1.63%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 411.15,+1.37%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14854.00,+1.35%),.

IT index was at 34084.07 down by -397.2 points or by -1.15%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 576.00,-3.45%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5159.30,-2.60%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2437.75,-2.15%), Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 383.00,-2.12%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2803.45,-1.97%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3903 , shares advanced were 2010 while 1664 shares declined and 229 were unchanged.