Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended slightly lower on Friday after witnessing sharp losses during the session, as easing crude oil prices and buying in heavyweight HDFC Bank and IT stocks helped the indices recover from their day's lows.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 74781.76 down by -120.83 points or by -0.16 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23398.1 down by -79.7 points or by -0.34 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74917.15 and intraday low of 74160.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23448.1 and intraday low of 23231.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 708.00,+2.02%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1539.50,+1.38%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1207.00,+0.85%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 323.00,+0.78%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1038.20,+0.64%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 182.85,-1.67%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1258.00,-1.33%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1842.00,-1.18%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1034.20,-1.13%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 333.30,-1.10%), among others.
IT index was at 27823.48 up by 80.62 points or by 0.29%. Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 800.80,+7.43%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 20.81,+5.37%), Orient Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 246.00,+4.79%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 323.00,+4.72%), VL e-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 10.25,+4.27%),.
Realty index was at 6629.37 down by -183.15 points or by -2.69%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1745.00,-6.63%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1113.00,-5.03%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1280.00,-4.23%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1505.00,-2.52%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1747.00,-2.13%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4806 , shares advanced were 1955 while 2601 shares declined and 250 were unchanged.