Indian equities started Monday’s session on a weaker note, weighed down by the absence of strong domestic cues.

At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85455.06 down by -257.31 points or by -0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26120 down by -66.45 points or by -0.25 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 85722.97 and intraday low of 85446.32 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26178.7 and intraday low of 26111.95

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1583.40,+0.86%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1623.10,+0.44%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1545.45,+0.30%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1687.40,+0.27%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3244.90,+0.19%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1030.80,-1.68%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1231.60,-1.21%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2078.00,-0.86%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1271.85,-0.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3686.25,-0.81%), among others.

IT index was at 37431.86 up by 67.42 points or by 0.18%. Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 28.18,+4.99%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 470.45,+4.36%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 439.35,+1.54%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 532.65,+1.10%), Control Print Ltd. (Rs. 734.00,+1.05%),.

Realty index was at 6842.37 down by -93.72 points or by -1.35%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2027.80,-2.61%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1652.05,-2.26%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1511.00,-1.70%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 709.00,-1.51%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1096.25,-1.39%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3704 , shares advanced were 1343 while 2114 shares declined and 247 were unchanged.