Indian benchmark indices recovered significantly from their late-morning lows but continued to trade in negative territory on Wednesday afternoon, as buying support helped pare some of the day's losses.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76463.72 down by -480.56 points or by -0.62 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23903.45 down by -152.35 points or by -0.63 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76567.55 and intraday low of 76135.72 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23910.65 and intraday low of 23786.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1673.40,+1.66%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 267.75,+1.09%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 329.95,+0.90%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1984.50,+0.74%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 267.65,+0.45%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1131.55,-1.95%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3185.05,-1.77%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12700.00,-1.70%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 700.65,-1.60%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2528.40,-1.55%), among others.
Power index was at 7442.46 up by 34.22 points or by 0.46%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 538.20,+3.90%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1262.40,+3.52%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 361.75,+3.33%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1294.15,+2.71%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 206.95,+1.40%),.
Auto index was at 61577.25 down by -1287.42 points or by -2.05%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5267.60,-5.00%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 781.50,-3.93%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 447.10,-3.73%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 7680.50,-3.49%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1235.40,-2.77%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4717 , shares advanced were 1820 while 2671 shares declined and 226 were unchanged.