The Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Wednesday after surrendering their intraday gains, weighed down by selling pressure in Reliance Industries and IT stocks.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 77472.94 down by -183.15 points or by -0.24 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24207.75 down by -126.8 points or by -0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77986.84 and intraday low of 77472.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24378.6 and intraday low of 24207.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 416.20,+3.53%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11751.00,+1.87%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1254.00,+1.33%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 188.45,+1.10%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2010.00,+0.70%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1120.80,-1.94%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1905.00,-1.91%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4043.80,-1.76%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 266.00,-1.48%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1572.95,-1.38%), among others.
Metal index was at 43138.72 up by 585.17 points or by 1.38%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 627.00,+5.95%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 194.80,+5.75%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 88.40,+3.27%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1176.20,+2.01%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 713.80,+1.84%),.
TECk index was at 15392.86 down by -227.58 points or by -1.46%. Tata Communications Ltd. (Rs. 1645.95,-3.18%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1120.80,-1.94%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1905.00,-1.91%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 379.00,-1.81%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 177.40,-1.39%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4775 , shares advanced were 2486 while 2056 shares declined and 233 were unchanged.