Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Thursday as relentless foreign fund outflows and US H-1B visa fee concerns made investors jittery.

At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81567.99 down by -147.64 points or by -0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25043.55 down by -13.35 points or by -0.05 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81840.73 and intraday low of 81492.37 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25092.7 and intraday low of 25003.9

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1636.00,+0.56%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1939.30,+0.48%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 953.35,+0.30%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1456.55,+0.26%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 348.30,+0.22%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 657.60,-3.68%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2417.55,-1.64%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3381.95,-1.02%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3007.45,-0.95%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3545.80,-0.81%), among others.

CGS index was at 70189.92 up by 543.42 points or by 0.78%. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1602.00,+2.31%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 404.25,+2.25%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 7591.60,+1.86%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4811.35,+1.86%), Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd. (Rs. 911.60,+1.59%),.

Auto index was at 59864.94 down by -514.98 points or by -0.85%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 657.60,-3.68%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3231.45,-1.48%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 152038.65,-1.12%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 140.85,-0.91%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 1012.05,-0.81%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4043 , shares advanced were 1822 while 1999 shares declined and 222 were unchanged.