Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were subdued at market open on Friday, amid muted global cues.
At 9:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76648.86 down by -393.96 points or by -0.51 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23202.8 down by -109 points or by -0.47 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77069.19 and intraday low of 76511.81 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23292.1 and intraday low of 23167.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1295.85,+2.14%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 246.60,+1.90%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 302.20,+1.53%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3558.35,+1.31%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1785.00,+1.22%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1823.15,-5.35%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 985.00,-5.31%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4137.70,-1.67%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1229.35,-1.64%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1784.05,-1.17%), among others.
Metal index was at 28624.65 up by 352.88 points or by 1.25%. APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1590.85,+2.82%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 615.70,+2.20%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 202.00,+1.71%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 385.25,+1.60%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 455.70,+1.30%),.
IT index was at 41839.75 down by -970.22 points or by -2.27%. Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1823.15,-5.35%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 5771.10,-3.47%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 2375.95,-3.21%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2654.75,-3.15%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 606.95,-3.15%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3361 , shares advanced were 1759 while 1454 shares declined and 148 were unchanged.