Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Thursday, weighed down by a surge in crude oil prices above the USD 100-per-barrel mark.
Market sentiment was further hit by selling pressure in banking and NBFC stocks, along with weak cues from global markets.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74126.34 down by -701.91 points or by -0.94 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23209.7 down by -237.1 points or by -1.01 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74362.29 and intraday low of 74054.15 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23281.95 and intraday low of 23196.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1561.25,+0.40%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1866.60,+0.09%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 342.25,+0.07%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4880.95,+0.01%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 997.50,-4.09%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1194.25,-4.05%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1787.80,-3.15%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4945.00,-1.69%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 728.45,-1.29%), among others.
Realty index was at 6858.83 up by 60.23 points or by 0.89%. Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1241.90,+2.90%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2023.00,+1.42%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1854.80,+1.12%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 679.80,+0.86%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 633.10,+0.19%),.
_Bankex index was at 62861.83 down by -1054.69 points or by -1.65%. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1006.70,-4.32%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 922.20,-3.94%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1195.95,-3.91%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 84.64,-3.70%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 22.55,-2.97%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4027 , shares advanced were 1349 while 2458 shares declined and 220 were unchanged.