Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Wednesday, tracking weak global market trends and relentless foreign fund outflows.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80113.43 down by -44.45 points or by -0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24596.1 up by 16.5 points or by 0.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80317.62 and intraday low of 80004.6 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24630.7 and intraday low of 24533.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 161.50,+1.92%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 760.50,+1.22%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3265.00,+0.96%), State Bank of India (Rs. 810.20,+0.78%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3638.95,+0.58%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1477.00,-1.34%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1873.10,-0.83%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14750.05,-0.65%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1502.90,-0.59%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3100.55,-0.37%), among others.
Metal index was at 31575.64 up by 398.52 points or by 1.28%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 205.10,+2.37%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 998.05,+2.37%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 161.50,+1.92%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 125.15,+1.71%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 438.50,+1.63%),.
TECk index was at 17037.83 down by -144.77 points or by -0.84%. Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 316.05,-4.02%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2858.40,-1.44%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1477.00,-1.34%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1733.60,-1.19%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 5188.00,-1.03%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3963 , shares advanced were 2602 while 1156 shares declined and 205 were unchanged.