Benchmark indices Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex traded lower amid weak global cues and cautious investor sentiment.

At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76449.34 down by -878.85 points or by -1.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23913.1 down by -263.05 points or by -1.09 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 76678.52 and intraday low of 76165.57 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23986.8 and intraday low of 23845.3

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1874.90,+1.49%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 383.25,+0.66%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1277.20,+0.61%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2409.45,+0.61%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1271.75,+0.55%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4234.10,-6.19%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4312.00,-4.65%), State Bank of India (Rs. 979.10,-3.97%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1763.10,-3.91%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 247.50,-3.45%), among others.

HCS index was at 46859.22 up by 324.33 points or by 0.7%. IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 110.78,+14.23%), Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 399.40,+11.78%), Novartis India Ltd. (Rs. 1195.05,+7.41%), Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 468.25,+7.34%), Themis Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 104.43,+6.60%),.

CDS index was at 58714.53 down by -1839.79 points or by -3.04%. Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 387.55,-8.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4234.10,-6.19%), Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (Rs. 495.65,-3.94%), PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 514.70,-2.97%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 8575.00,-2.80%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4560 , shares advanced were 1547 while 2800 shares declined and 213 were unchanged.