The Indian equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, witnessed a negative start on Tuesday amid mixed global market cues.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77061.77 down by -207.63 points or by -0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24022.15 down by -97.15 points or by -0.4 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77140.97 and intraday low of 76745.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24072.1 and intraday low of 23949.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2454.00,+0.96%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1176.50,+0.69%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1838.60,+0.64%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4387.50,+0.56%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11807.60,+0.45%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 936.95,-1.39%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1255.20,-1.24%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1802.00,-1.21%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1753.15,-1.04%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4060.00,-0.98%), among others.
Power index was at 8282.27 up by 64.13 points or by 0.78%. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 385.40,+2.24%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 232.35,+2.13%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1313.00,+1.70%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 815.50,+1.70%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4570.90,+1.59%),.
Realty index was at 6244.04 down by -37.28 points or by -0.59%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1848.10,-2.72%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1672.55,-1.15%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 917.00,-0.71%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 604.85,-0.38%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1449.70,-0.28%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3617 , shares advanced were 1877 while 1561 shares declined and 179 were unchanged.