Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Bharti Airtel Ltd Titan Company Ltd. Nestle India Ltd. IndusInd Bank Ltd. among others.

At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark indices was trading at 81236.73 down by -226.36 points or by -0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24786.35 down by -50.65 points or by -0.2 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81557.41 and intraday low of 81093.51 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24889.2 and intraday low of 24732.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2358.55,+0.98%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1489.60,+0.88%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2002.50,+0.85%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 336.00,+0.83%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 293.90,+0.72%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1980.00,-6.82%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1900.40,-1.92%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3398.70,-1.76%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2244.55,-1.34%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 815.05,-1.05%), among others.

Power index was at 6732.51 up by 24.9 points or by 0.37%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 999.50,+2.41%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 524.95,+1.44%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 401.00,+1.40%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 84.34,+1.04%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 336.00,+0.83%),.

Realty index was at 7176.51 down by -198.27 points or by -2.69%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1230.80,-3.79%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 796.00,-3.60%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1613.40,-3.29%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1023.05,-3.22%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1644.00,-3.07%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4289 , shares advanced were 1574 while 2488 shares declined and 227 were unchanged.