Indian stock market benchmarks traded flat on Friday afternoon amid news that the US and Iran are working on a plan to end the war.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73606.67 up by 26.13 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23082.45 up by 19.35 points or by 0.08 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73800.94 and intraday low of 73477.77 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23121.6 and intraday low of 23030
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1209.85,+1.97%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3015.00,+1.69%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2427.50,+1.20%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1258.65,+1.11%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 734.45,+0.69%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 331.85,-1.24%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2672.15,-1.18%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 999.00,-1.00%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 390.70,-0.59%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 324.70,-0.55%), among others.
Auto index was at 59294.23 up by 207.6 points or by 0.35%. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (Rs. 2105.50,+2.11%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3015.00,+1.69%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 442.90,+1.27%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5328.95,+0.91%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 821.10,+0.63%),.
HCS index was at 51474.78 down by -378.06 points or by -0.73%. Medico Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 26.14,-19.99%), Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 847.20,-3.59%), Sigachi Industries Ltd. (Rs. 29.30,-3.49%), Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 1363.35,-3.43%), Suraksha Diagnostic Ltd. (Rs. 343.75,-3.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4493 , shares advanced were 1933 while 2322 shares declined and 237 were unchanged.