Indian equity markets started Friday’s session on a weaker note, dragged down by an overnight slump in Asian markets and Wall Street. Domestically, investor focus remains on the Bihar Assembly election results 2025 and the October wholesale inflation figures.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84396.21 down by -82.46 points or by -0.1 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25823.2 down by -55.95 points or by -0.22 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84464.94 and intraday low of 84042.75 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25826.75 and intraday low of 25766.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 301.35,+1.23%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1510.05,+0.82%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1747.15,+0.65%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1232.70,+0.64%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2897.30,+0.63%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1513.20,-1.89%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 174.55,-1.16%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 317.00,-1.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1441.30,-0.65%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1377.90,-0.58%), among others.
CDS index was at 62402.12 up by 329.16 points or by 0.53%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15519.00,+1.33%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1797.70,+0.71%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1233.70,+0.69%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3852.25,+0.39%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1342.45,+0.39%),.
IT index was at 35477.34 down by -351.77 points or by -0.98%. Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 369.75,-5.09%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 453.85,-2.19%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 319.95,-1.93%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 946.00,-1.90%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1513.20,-1.89%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3463 , shares advanced were 1769 while 1510 shares declined and 184 were unchanged.