India's benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices closed unchanged as the market faced uncertainty over election results and subdued corporate earnings.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 73466.39 down by -45.46 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22302.5 up by 0 points or by 0 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73684.93 and intraday low of 73073.92 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22368.65 and intraday low of 22185.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 1012.20,+2.43%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 301.90,+2.25%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 355.65,+1.89%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3485.20,+1.53%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12541.00,+1.41%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2844.25,-2.31%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9517.95,-1.76%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2340.35,-1.65%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1482.20,-1.61%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1314.00,-1.25%), among others.
CGS index was at 62848.24 up by 1310.97 points or by 2.13%. Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1408.10,+13.54%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 7190.05,+4.39%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 3860.35,+3.95%), V-Guard Industries Ltd. (Rs. 354.00,+3.58%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 4714.50,+3.41%),.
IT index was at 34114.35 down by -196.03 points or by -0.57%. Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 540.80,-15.16%), Cressanda Railway Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 13.95,-4.19%), Protean eGov Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1187.35,-2.32%), C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (Rs. 1883.90,-1.85%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 428.50,-1.79%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4163 , shares advanced were 2229 while 1765 shares declined and 169 were unchanged.