Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Tuesday, extending their downward journey to the fourth day running, amid uncertainty related to the India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80723.53 down by -167.49 points or by -0.21 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24658.05 down by -22.85 points or by -0.09 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80990.72 and intraday low of 80575.45 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24727.15 and intraday low of 24598.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1904.00,+0.63%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1394.10,+0.49%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 684.55,+0.33%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1469.60,+0.24%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1378.45,+0.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 302.35,-1.58%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 329.40,-1.05%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1063.50,-0.92%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1502.80,-0.88%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1960.20,-0.84%), among others.
Realty index was at 7149.42 up by 77.73 points or by 1.1%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1239.90,+3.20%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1665.00,+2.45%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 802.05,+1.91%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2142.45,+1.26%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1626.85,+1.06%),.
CGS index was at 67484.31 down by -621.71 points or by -0.91%. Timken India Ltd. (Rs. 3341.05,-3.12%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 153.00,-2.58%), Grindwell Norton Ltd. (Rs. 1574.80,-2.07%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 381.60,-1.99%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4427.95,-1.77%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3825 , shares advanced were 1776 while 1826 shares declined and 222 were unchanged.