The Nifty50 and Sensex trimmed their gains from the day’s high as weakness in metal, realty, oil and gas stocks weighed on market sentiment.
At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75399.83 up by 1.11 points or by 0 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23718.1 up by 28.5 points or by 0.12 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75870.36 and intraday low of 75251.15 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23839.3 and intraday low of 23663.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1117.65,+2.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1370.90,+1.91%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1803.05,+1.68%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 306.75,+1.64%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 388.45,+1.38%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 216.95,-1.90%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1335.90,-1.90%), State Bank of India (Rs. 963.40,-1.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 242.25,-1.44%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3127.95,-1.39%), among others.
TECk index was at 14654.95 up by 179.6 points or by 1.24%. Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1566.40,+3.55%), Tata Communications Ltd. (Rs. 1692.35,+2.15%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 431.45,+2.11%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1118.00,+2.04%), Sun TV Network Ltd. (Rs. 534.60,+2.03%),.
Metal index was at 43557.63 down by -704.96 points or by -1.59%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 640.50,-4.27%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 403.10,-3.21%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1072.45,-2.80%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 194.70,-2.19%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.05,-1.85%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4497 , shares advanced were 1865 while 2395 shares declined and 237 were unchanged.