Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday, dragged by blue-chip HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and IT stocks amid fresh warning from the US to further raise tariffs against India.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 85439.62 down by -322.39 points or by -0.38 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26250.3 down by -78.25 points or by -0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85883.5 and intraday low of 85315.33 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26373.2 and intraday low of 26210.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1314.10,+2.70%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2385.95,+1.62%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.70,+1.56%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12077.35,+1.53%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1285.85,+1.45%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 977.70,-2.35%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1606.40,-2.09%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1607.10,-2.00%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 978.65,-1.21%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3214.70,-1.09%), among others.
Realty index was at 7114.59 up by 150.65 points or by 2.16%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1579.15,+5.83%), Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 59.61,+4.98%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1673.00,+3.35%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1119.10,+3.01%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2123.55,+2.65%),.
_IT index was at 36629.84 down by -507.07 points or by -1.37%. Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 542.40,-5.33%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 865.05,-4.46%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1497.70,-3.18%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 975.20,-2.96%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 193.20,-2.84%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4656 , shares advanced were 1845 while 2592 shares declined and 219 were unchanged.