Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session amid selling in IT and Oil&Gas stocks.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73195.04 down by -403.63 points or by -0.55 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22679.6 down by -70.15 points or by -0.31 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73525.44 and intraday low of 72603.57 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22778.05 and intraday low of 22497.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3808.00,+3.76%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4694.85,+1.64%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2870.90,+1.48%), State Bank of India (Rs. 955.85,+1.14%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11546.95,+0.80%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1110.60,-4.42%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1159.70,-3.36%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2444.50,-2.22%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1388.10,-1.97%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 168.35,-1.84%), among others.
CDS index was at 55553.26 up by 544.65 points or by 0.99%. Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1011.20,+6.64%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1608.80,+6.04%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 204.15,+3.89%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 6214.10,+3.05%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1030.25,+2.50%),.
IT index was at 29760.37 down by -684.72 points or by -2.25%. Capillary Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 534.25,-7.76%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1456.00,-5.29%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 385.70,-4.99%), Empower India Ltd. (Rs. 1.23,-4.65%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1110.60,-4.42%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4662 , shares advanced were 2248 while 2198 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.