The Sensex and Nifty 50 closed in the red, pressured by weak global cues as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran dampened market sentiment.

At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77432.79 down by -411.73 points or by -0.53 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24215 down by -111.65 points or by -0.46 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77647.44 and intraday low of 77291.72 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24253.8 and intraday low of 24158.15

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1759.30,+1.53%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2554.20,+0.98%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1457.90,+0.67%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 442.30,+0.59%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1188.30,+0.41%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1274.80,-1.36%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 785.20,-1.34%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 254.50,-1.11%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 962.65,-1.02%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1423.00,-0.88%), among others.

HCS index was at 46662.98 up by 269.83 points or by 0.58%. Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 515.50,+10.01%), Shree Ganesh Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 522.00,+6.89%), Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (Rs. 176.55,+5.75%), KMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Ltd. (Rs. 94.37,+5.62%), Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 525.00,+3.83%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 27458.22 down by -241.02 points or by -0.87%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 165.90,-2.35%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 303.85,-1.22%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 392.70,-0.90%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1423.00,-0.88%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 145.60,-0.85%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3413 , shares advanced were 1868 while 1360 shares declined and 185 were unchanged.