Indian stock markets were trading sharply lower on Monday, dragged by selling pressure in RIL, ICICI Bank, Wipro, Tata Motors PV, and Cipla shares.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83100.99 down by -469.36 points or by -0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25527 down by -167.35 points or by -0.65 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83539.93 and intraday low of 82898.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25653.3 and intraday low of 25494.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1733.10,+3.74%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4912.30,+3.66%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 429.85,+2.77%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 969.60,+2.01%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16138.95,+1.78%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1405.00,-3.61%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 278.45,-3.16%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1368.60,-3.05%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3158.40,-1.51%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1400.90,-1.45%), among others.
FMCG index was at 19090.83 up by 19.97 points or by 0.1%. CCL Products India Ltd. (Rs. 989.30,+1.95%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2400.65,+1.74%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd. (Rs. 936.00,+1.64%), Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. (Rs. 86.75,+1.60%), Gillette India Ltd. (Rs. 8064.45,+0.86%),.
Realty index was at 6508.4 down by -139.78 points or by -2.1%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1803.65,-4.52%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 805.00,-3.90%), Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 64.46,-2.41%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1046.45,-2.25%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 539.55,-2.19%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4482 , shares advanced were 1249 while 3006 shares declined and 227 were unchanged.