Indian benchmark indices extended their decline in Wednesday's session, with the Sensex and Nifty hovering in red amid broad-based selling across sectors.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76386.22 down by -558.06 points or by -0.73 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23828.3 down by -227.5 points or by -0.95 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76532.93 and intraday low of 76135.72 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23896.05 and intraday low of 23786.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1667.50,+1.31%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 267.65,+1.06%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 268.40,+0.73%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.70,+0.52%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3163.10,-2.45%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4932.15,-2.44%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12693.65,-1.74%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2524.80,-1.69%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1136.20,-1.54%), among others.
Power index was at 7418.12 up by 9.88 points or by 0.13%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 537.10,+3.69%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 360.55,+2.98%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1253.90,+2.82%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1288.45,+2.26%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 267.65,+1.06%),.
Auto index was at 61110.74 down by -1753.93 points or by -2.79%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5231.00,-5.66%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 7534.80,-5.32%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 777.65,-4.41%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 445.00,-4.18%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 46677.25,-3.12%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4511 , shares advanced were 1564 while 2739 shares declined and 208 were unchanged.