Indian benchmark indices traded on a subdued note during afternoon trade on Thursday, with the Sensex hovering around the flatline and the Nifty remaining above the 24,250 mark.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77696.13 up by 41.53 points or by 0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24246.6 down by -3.6 points or by -0.01 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77900.73 and intraday low of 77440.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24331.4 and intraday low of 24187.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3270.50,+1.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1666.50,+1.35%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1293.00,+1.33%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1024.50,+1.06%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14072.00,+0.93%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1664.80,-3.23%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11803.30,-1.62%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 306.60,-1.54%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5217.00,-1.15%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2729.60,-1.07%), among others.
Auto index was at 61704.54 up by 644.81 points or by 1.06%. Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2255.60,+8.38%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 757.45,+5.14%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5301.95,+3.03%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 4184.50,+2.78%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 443.35,+1.78%),.
Realty index was at 7010.26 down by -158.75 points or by -2.21%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1600.45,-4.28%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1284.70,-2.42%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 654.95,-2.30%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1374.95,-2.21%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2109.00,-2.19%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4576 , shares advanced were 1648 while 2699 shares declined and 229 were unchanged.