Domestic bourses continued to extend losses during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Larsen & Toubro Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd ITC Ltd IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bajaj Finserv among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72851.18 down by -615.21 points or by -0.84 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22156.75 down by -145.75 points or by -0.65 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73499.49 and intraday low of 72844.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22307.75 and intraday low of 22122.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 1035.85,+2.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2225.05,+1.97%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1328.40,+1.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1441.30,+0.98%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3267.85,+0.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3302.00,-5.26%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 845.35,-2.26%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 431.25,-2.19%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1417.90,-1.79%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1574.30,-1.77%), among others.
Auto index was at 51573.46 up by 433.2 points or by 0.85%. TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 2071.65,+3.26%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 4760.65,+2.95%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 1034.90,+2.24%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2221.40,+1.80%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 1162.05,+1.08%),.
CGS index was at 61349.3 down by -1498.94 points or by -2.39%. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3302.00,-5.26%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 4519.85,-3.68%), Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (Rs. 1208.00,-2.89%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 278.15,-2.85%), Praj Industries Ltd. (Rs. 518.50,-2.71%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3950 , shares advanced were 1234 while 2528 shares declined and 188 were unchanged.