Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower on Tuesday dragged by blue-chip HDFC Bank and persistent foreign fund outflows.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77498.2 down by -210.32 points or by -0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24212.3 down by -26.2 points or by -0.11 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77753.18 and intraday low of 77484.32 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24262.2 and intraday low of 24203.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1892.40,+1.64%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12038.75,+1.18%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5283.00,+1.05%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2715.55,+0.92%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1073.00,+0.85%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 768.40,-1.19%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 283.80,-1.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1074.90,-1.10%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2229.20,-0.93%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.05,-0.72%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 26840.4 up by 101.48 points or by 0.38%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 175.50,+1.42%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 156.15,+1.04%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 320.50,+0.99%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 277.75,+0.94%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 143.65,+0.84%),.
IT index was at 28025.04 down by -121.59 points or by -0.43%. Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 820.00,-2.36%), VL e-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 11.05,-1.95%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 548.80,-1.91%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 28.02,-1.89%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 158.85,-1.88%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3954 , shares advanced were 1966 while 1737 shares declined and 251 were unchanged.