Equity benchmark indices were seen moving in a thin range on Tuesday as investors track the progress in US-China trade talks amid mixed global cues.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82395.45 down by -49.76 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25121.5 up by 18.3 points or by 0.07 %.
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. 1611.75,+2.10%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 731.40,+1.89%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1597.15,+1.56%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3464.55,+1.19%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11390.45,+1.17%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2220.00,-1.26%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9506.00,-1.06%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 155.75,-0.95%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1998.55,-0.91%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1423.80,-0.78%), among others.
IT index was at 37793.07 up by 580.5 points or by 1.56%. Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 965.45,+7.47%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 434.70,+4.36%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 9480.00,+3.49%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1932.70,+3.46%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1127.00,+3.36%),.
Realty index was at 7958.44 down by -101.71 points or by -1.26%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1468.35,-2.89%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1665.25,-2.54%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1226.05,-2.20%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1624.45,-2.02%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 576.60,-1.55%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4338 , shares advanced were 2278 while 1897 shares declined and 163 were unchanged.