Indian equities open higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains but soon slipped in red.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73795.81 down by -99.73 points or by -0.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22468.05 up by 25.35 points or by 0.11 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74026.8 and intraday low of 73777.12 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22499.05 and intraday low of 22441.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2336.50,+3.60%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 444.20,+2.21%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2502.70,+1.82%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1273.60,+0.90%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2957.80,+0.87%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1334.90,-1.83%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 303.00,-1.27%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1139.50,-0.81%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9711.90,-0.68%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1513.00,-0.64%), among others.
FMCG index was at 20146.42 up by 444.49 points or by 2.26%. Marico Ltd. (Rs. 573.90,+8.07%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1332.40,+6.53%), Dabur India Ltd. (Rs. 554.70,+4.49%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (Rs. 267.30,+4.29%), Gokul Agro Resources Ltd. (Rs. 150.10,+3.98%),.
HCS index was at 35585.91 down by -165.57 points or by -0.46%. Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 1514.40,-4.31%), Lupin Ltd. (Rs. 1628.55,-3.05%), Medicamen Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 526.35,-2.82%), Neuland Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 7265.45,-2.69%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 108.85,-2.51%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3212 , shares advanced were 1528 while 1563 shares declined and 121 were unchanged.