Domestic bourses continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Axis Bank Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77748.91 down by -402.54 points or by -0.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24254.25 down by -80.05 points or by -0.33 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78151.45 and intraday low of 77368.29 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24266.1 and intraday low of 24135.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2928.50,+3.05%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11950.30,+1.92%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 288.50,+1.71%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1060.25,+1.55%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1937.10,+1.49%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1257.80,-5.35%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 780.95,-4.72%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13459.45,-2.53%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 382.85,-1.80%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1089.60,-0.67%), among others.
Power index was at 7894.11 up by 107.63 points or by 1.38%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 566.65,+4.74%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1428.40,+2.79%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 219.35,+2.28%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4475.15,+1.99%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 80.71,+1.93%),.
Bankex index was at 65780.59 down by -414 points or by -0.63%. Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1258.80,-5.28%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 780.80,-4.74%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 994.45,-3.44%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 23.02,-2.58%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 383.50,-1.63%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4667 , shares advanced were 2273 while 2103 shares declined and 291 were unchanged.