Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading lower on Monday, weighed down by a rise in crude oil prices amid concerns of further escalation in the West Asia conflict.

Market sentiment was also impacted by continued foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, adding pressure on equities.

At 10:20 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73020.15 down by -299.4 points or by -0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22589.6 down by -123.5 points or by -0.54 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 73588.75 and intraday low of 72790.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22798.25 and intraday low of 22561.9

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3774.55,+6.22%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4164.95,+1.64%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1455.20,+0.95%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 233.75,+0.91%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1311.05,+0.82%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1319.00,-2.36%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1667.25,-1.62%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1356.50,-1.51%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 353.10,-1.41%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1769.90,-1.10%), among others.

Realty index was at 5248.37 up by 29.32 points or by 0.56%. Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 45.54,+4.98%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1553.30,+2.91%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1167.10,+0.83%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1516.10,+0.69%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 700.30,+0.57%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 25324.59 down by -328.17 points or by -1.28%. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1319.00,-2.36%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 131.40,-2.20%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 320.15,-1.84%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 273.45,-1.74%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 285.15,-0.68%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4177 , shares advanced were 2108 while 1826 shares declined and 243 were unchanged.