Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty came under heavy selling pressure on Friday, weighed down by a sharp rise in crude oil prices as escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia heightened concerns over inflation and market stability.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74371.66 down by -530.93 points or by -0.71 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23292.5 down by -185.3 points or by -0.79 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74433.46 and intraday low of 74160.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23299.4 and intraday low of 23231.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1546.55,+1.84%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1214.45,+1.47%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1038.45,+0.67%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 260.65,+0.64%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1846.10,+0.50%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 182.50,-1.86%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1026.80,-1.84%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10857.50,-1.77%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4885.05,-1.69%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3098.55,-1.62%), among others.
TECk index was at 14792.27 up by 77.62 points or by 0.53%. Sun TV Network Ltd. (Rs. 481.45,+5.74%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 387.30,+3.92%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1546.55,+1.84%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1214.45,+1.47%), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (Rs. 15.14,+1.20%),.
Realty index was at 6536.62 down by -275.9 points or by -4.05%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1081.10,-7.76%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1744.65,-6.65%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1475.00,-4.47%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1284.60,-3.88%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1730.10,-3.08%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4197 , shares advanced were 1212 while 2764 shares declined and 221 were unchanged.