Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade in negative territory after rising in early trade on Tuesday amid fresh foreign fund outflow and concerns over the steep hike in US H-1B visa fees.

At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81919.82 down by -240.15 points or by -0.29 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25122.65 down by -79.7 points or by -0.32 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82307.5 and intraday low of 81869.87 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25250.85 and intraday low of 25110.05

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16179.00,+2.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1021.50,+1.54%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3618.50,+0.97%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2081.00,+0.56%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 699.60,+0.50%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2433.25,-1.99%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12419.00,-1.80%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1169.25,-1.56%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1484.95,-1.28%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3413.80,-1.27%), among others.

Auto index was at 61271.61 up by 614.94 points or by 1.01%. Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 142.85,+2.51%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16179.00,+2.34%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 155320.00,+1.66%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 7057.00,+1.61%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3618.50,+0.97%),.

CDS index was at 60213.47 down by -639.81 points or by -1.05%. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 91.28,-2.31%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 304.05,-1.51%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3413.80,-1.27%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1971.65,-1.25%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1568.60,-0.76%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4042 , shares advanced were 1745 while 2064 shares declined and 233 were unchanged.