Indian benchmark indices gave up early gains after surging over 1 per cent on Tuesday on reports of a breach in Iran-Israel truce, just hours after it was agreed upon.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82072.39 up by 175.6 points or by 0.21 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25070.55 up by 98.65 points or by 0.4 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83018.16 and intraday low of 81900.12 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25317.7 and intraday low of 24999.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1391.60,+2.76%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2220.65,+1.64%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11613.15,+1.46%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 154.60,+1.41%), State Bank of India (Rs. 795.95,+0.73%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 286.35,-1.36%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 329.70,-1.20%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 832.10,-0.99%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1446.95,-0.65%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1694.00,-0.54%), among others.
Metal index was at 30888.28 up by 271.84 points or by 0.89%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 130.60,+3.32%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 69.30,+1.90%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 927.05,+1.73%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 154.60,+1.41%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1008.80,+1.23%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 27088.14 down by -45.87 points or by -0.17%. Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 447.60,-5.22%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 243.70,-3.02%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1446.95,-0.65%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4291 , shares advanced were 2780 while 1329 shares declined and 182 were unchanged.