Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early deals on Monday dragged down by heavy selling pressure in Kotak Mahindra Bank but soon managed to bounce back in green amid some buying.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark indices were trading at 81547.15 up by 84.06 points or by 0.1 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24866.3 up by 29.3 points or by 0.12 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81553.47 and intraday low of 81093.51 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24877.45 and intraday low of 24732.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2446.60,+1.30%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 695.25,+1.16%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2007.20,+1.09%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1406.30,+1.02%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1490.85,+0.97%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1993.00,-6.21%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3421.30,-1.10%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1918.90,-0.97%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3106.00,-0.90%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1482.00,-0.53%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27315.27 up by 286.77 points or by 1.06%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 205.15,+2.01%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 430.50,+1.95%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 635.40,+1.79%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 307.00,+1.62%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 337.90,+1.53%),.

Realty index was at 7261.23 down by -113.55 points or by -1.54%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1236.45,-3.35%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 809.40,-1.97%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1645.00,-1.39%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1043.90,-1.24%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1510.80,-1.06%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3969 , shares advanced were 2026 while 1720 shares declined and 223 were unchanged.