Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Axis Bank Ltd.Eternal Ltd.HCL Technologies Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd.Bajaj Finserv Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84740.23 down by -473.13 points or by -0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25889.85 down by -137.45 points or by -0.53 %.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2094.20,+1.07%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3900.70,+0.90%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3620.70,+0.36%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2185.00,+0.21%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 403.10,+0.20%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1233.40,-3.96%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 287.45,-3.65%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1648.10,-2.14%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 170.05,-1.59%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2043.65,-1.25%), among others.
CDS index was at 60419.54 up by 210.76 points or by 0.35%. Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3407.00,+4.05%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3901.90,+0.93%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1816.75,+0.58%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1421.10,+0.56%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1395.20,+0.43%),.
Metal index was at 34526.15 down by -427.41 points or by -1.22%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 129.05,-2.46%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1094.40,-1.78%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 77.12,-1.71%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs.
169.90,-1.68%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1015.65,-1.67%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4264 , shares advanced were 1685 while 2386 shares declined and 193 were unchanged.