Indian equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty were trading lower amid weakness in IT and select bank shares.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84210.02 down by -63.9 points or by -0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25958.4 up by 23.25 points or by 0.09 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84487.34 and intraday low of 84081.25 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26009.4 and intraday low of 25899.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 1184.70,+3.55%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15400.40,+1.62%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5015.00,+1.11%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1468.00,+0.65%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2016.90,+0.30%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2914.00,-2.35%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1474.70,-1.60%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1555.75,-1.05%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 318.65,-0.84%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 301.40,-0.81%), among others.
Auto index was at 63385.09 up by 831.26 points or by 1.33%. Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 7775.00,+6.56%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1673.20,+3.61%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3874.20,+2.95%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 36396.20,+2.42%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 151492.75,+2.01%),.
IT index was at 33992.51 down by -523.56 points or by -1.52%. Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1888.00,-3.56%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 534.45,-3.49%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 183.95,-3.11%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 884.75,-2.43%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2914.00,-2.35%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4435 , shares advanced were 1941 while 2289 shares declined and 205 were unchanged.