Indian benchmark indices were trading flat with negative bias during the noon trading session.

At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82174.89 up by 14.92 points or by 0.02 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25251.75 up by 49.4 points or by 0.2 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82370.38 and intraday low of 81776.53 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25261.9 and intraday low of 25084.65

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 756.00,+3.00%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16109.15,+1.90%), State Bank of India (Rs. 870.60,+1.82%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1022.60,+1.65%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1162.00,+1.56%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12401.00,-1.94%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2524.60,-1.83%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1482.25,-1.46%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1171.50,-1.37%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2453.15,-1.19%), among others.

Metal index was at 33662.64 up by 404.96 points or by 1.22%. Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1067.00,+3.33%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1144.50,+2.41%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 800.00,+1.47%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 137.25,+1.33%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 77.96,+1.30%),.

FMCG index was at 20401.15 down by -239.62 points or by -1.16%. LT Foods Ltd. (Rs. 428.40,-6.07%), KRBL Ltd. (Rs. 373.30,-4.31%), Zydus Wellness Ltd. (Rs. 477.75,-4.00%), AWL Agri Business Ltd. (Rs. 260.65,-3.93%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1190.40,-3.40%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4399 , shares advanced were 1855 while 2363 shares declined and 181 were unchanged.