Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, opened lower on Tuesday, slipping into the red.
Sectorally, the Nifty IT and Oil & Gas indices were the top laggards, declining nearly 1.6 per cent and 0.8 per cent, respectively, followed by the Nifty FMCG and Private Bank indices.
At 9:45, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73555.52 down by -51.23 points or by -0.07 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22734.4 down by -18.8 points or by -0.08 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73566.96 and intraday low of 73210.76 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22750.2 and intraday low of 22653.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 371.35,+2.16%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11370.45,+1.52%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 249.95,+1.36%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1765.15,+1.27%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 329.00,+1.20%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1769.25,-2.79%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1133.05,-2.74%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2485.00,-2.01%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1399.10,-1.33%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2293.00,-1.29%), among others.
Realty index was at 6274.23 up by 98.89 points or by 1.6%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 475.60,+3.79%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1110.00,+3.11%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1566.65,+2.26%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1416.35,+1.90%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1000.50,+1.88%),.
_IT index was at 30042.05 down by -470 points or by -1.54%. Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 407.15,-4.72%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1133.05,-2.74%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1592.50,-2.66%), Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 579.55,-2.15%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2485.00,-2.01%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3656 , shares advanced were 2631 while 838 shares declined and 187 were unchanged.