The Nifty 50 and Sensex opened marginally higher amid mixed global cues but soon slipped into negative territory. Investors remained cautious as they assessed Nvidia Corp.'s earnings and US inflation data for fresh signals on the outlook for monetary policy, while also monitoring the evolving geopolitical situation in West Asia.
At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77391.6 down by -81.34 points or by -0.1 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24224.65 up by 16.9 points or by 0.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77694.97 and intraday low of 77341.13 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24297.45 and intraday low of 24222.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 412.25,+1.22%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 421.15,+1.19%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1586.70,+0.87%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 190.00,+0.82%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1095.50,+0.78%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1283.80,-1.25%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 719.25,-1.08%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 333.30,-0.66%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1047.60,-0.59%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3379.20,-0.55%), among others.
CGS index was at 80045.72 up by 955.29 points or by 1.21%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4519.00,+4.09%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 895.80,+3.32%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 427.30,+2.90%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3610.80,+2.84%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 17535.10,+2.79%),.
Auto index was at 63829.69 down by -371.35 points or by -0.58%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 470.40,-2.79%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5518.00,-1.64%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 4372.50,-0.95%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 11640.00,-0.94%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13447.00,-0.60%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3504 , shares advanced were 1788 while 1508 shares declined and 208 were unchanged.