Indian stock markets turned flat as selling pressure in IT and FMCG stocks dragged benchmark indices lower, offsetting optimism around GST reforms.

At 14:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80777.85 up by 59.84 points or by 0.07 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24757.45 up by 23.15 points or by 0.09 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81036.56 and intraday low of 80321.19 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24832.35 and intraday low of 24621.6

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3574.70,+2.71%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 331.00,+1.38%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1905.40,+1.33%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1375.85,+1.22%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14820.00,+1.12%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 407.40,-2.03%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3051.00,-1.45%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1425.60,-1.22%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1445.50,-1.21%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1482.80,-1.21%), among others.

Auto index was at 58922.99 up by 793.48 points or by 1.37%. Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 132.00,+3.04%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3574.70,+2.71%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6580.50,+2.41%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1302.00,+1.79%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 412.85,+1.79%),.

IT index was at 34104.79 down by -376.48 points or by -1.09%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 560.35,-6.08%), Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 977.70,-4.00%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5142.25,-2.93%), Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 380.10,-2.86%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1421.00,-2.57%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4319 , shares advanced were 2140 while 1982 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.