Equity benchmark indices were volatile in trade on Tuesday as investors track the progress in US-China trade talks amid mixed global cues.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82481.37 up by 36.16 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25129 up by 25.8 points or by 0.1 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82680.79 and intraday low of 82240.4 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25199.3 and intraday low of 25055.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1623.70,+2.85%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1683.95,+2.15%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1604.90,+2.06%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 730.00,+1.70%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 848.45,+1.42%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 252.60,-1.65%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2225.00,-1.04%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1421.90,-0.91%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1679.55,-0.87%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9526.10,-0.86%), among others.
_IT index was at 37964.98 up by 752.41 points or by 2.02%. AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1137.95,+4.37%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 377.80,+3.63%), Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (Rs. 1267.85,+3.62%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1523.90,+3.26%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2680.60,+3.23%),.
Realty index was at 7989.57 down by -70.58 points or by -0.88%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1476.00,-2.39%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1670.35,-2.24%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 576.60,-1.55%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 865.65,-1.46%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1634.45,-1.42%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4189 , shares advanced were 2253 while 1751 shares declined and 185 were unchanged.