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( As on 27/01/2023 12:58)

Mid-Session: Carnage on D-Street as Sensex plunges 1,000 points; Nifty around 17,550

Selling pressure intensified during the noon trading session dragged by Power and Oil &gas stocks.



At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59185.72 down by -1019.34 points or by -1.69 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17546.05 down by -345.9 points or by -1.93 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 60166.9 and intraday low of 59088.37 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17884.75 and intraday low of 17537.3



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 442.05,+5.50%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 346.25,+1.94%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1043.25,+0.32%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 538.95,-5.25%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 818.50,-4.30%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 860.95,-3.45%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1120.85,-3.06%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2701.15,-2.63%), among others.



HCS index was at 22569.64 up by 25.35 points or by 0.11%. Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 279.25,+3.23%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 4322.40,+2.80%), FDC Ltd. (Rs. 260.25,+1.84%), Aarti Drugs Ltd. (Rs. 413.30,+1.77%), Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (Rs. 444.80,+1.58%),.



Power index was at 4017.09 down by -327.27 points or by -7.53%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1484.40,-20.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 2014.85,-19.78%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 248.05,-5.00%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 231.65,-4.12%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 2767.35,-3.74%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3694 , shares advanced were 644 while 2924 shares declined and 126 were unchanged.