Indian benchmark indices continued to extend losses during the noon trading session.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84175.91 down by -302.76 points or by -0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25783.1 down by -96.05 points or by -0.37 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84464.94 and intraday low of 84029.32 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25879.15 and intraday low of 25740.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1754.30,+1.07%), State Bank of India (Rs. 964.50,+1.04%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1237.50,+1.03%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1014.40,+0.92%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 300.20,+0.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1492.50,-3.23%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 389.15,-2.24%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 846.95,-1.89%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 173.55,-1.73%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1430.50,-1.40%), among others.
FMCG index was at 20370.15 up by 53.46 points or by 0.26%. KRBL Ltd. (Rs. 425.00,+12.26%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 311.55,+8.35%), GRM Overseas Ltd. (Rs. 475.55,+5.50%), Mukka Proteins Ltd. (Rs. 27.00,+3.97%), DOMS Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2598.20,+3.55%),.
_IT index was at 35223.34 down by -605.77 points or by -1.69%. Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 371.30,-4.70%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1492.50,-3.23%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 1091.30,-2.56%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 385.65,-2.47%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 8.50,-2.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4430 , shares advanced were 1843 while 2404 shares declined and 183 were unchanged.