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( As on 22/04/2026 14:37)

Sensex plunges 670 points; NSE Nifty at 24403.35

Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower, with IT stocks acting as a major drag on the indices.





At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78602.64 down by -670.69 points or by -0.85 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24403.35 down by -173.25 points or by -0.7 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 79031.03 and intraday low of 78442.3 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24515.95 and intraday low of 24352.9



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 407.00,+2.75%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2364.80,+2.58%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 262.95,+1.39%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4430.00,+0.83%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2562.90,+0.77%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1288.90,-10.59%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1268.80,-3.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1451.00,-3.29%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2543.40,-2.57%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3168.05,-2.43%), among others.



Power index was at 8071.66 up by 159.89 points or by 2.02%. Reliance Power Ltd. (Rs. 30.13,+6.24%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 214.65,+5.71%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 7569.50,+4.34%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1194.45,+3.83%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 562.00,+2.84%),.

IT index was at 29515.85 down by -1118.31 points or by -3.65%. HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1288.90,-10.59%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 373.55,-10.00%), Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 457.40,-6.79%), Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 4386.00,-5.68%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5067.60,-5.02%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4525 , shares advanced were 2473 while 1868 shares declined and 184 were unchanged.