Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Wednesday amid mixed global market trends as investors turned cautious due to tariff jitters and start of Q1 earnings season.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83687.93 down by -24.58 points or by -0.03 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25522.45 down by -0.05 points or by 0 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83752.83 and intraday low of 83519.41 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25537.55 and intraday low of 25472.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2519.75,+1.41%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 940.00,+1.36%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2420.80,+1.16%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3176.00,+0.58%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1545.35,+0.43%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1678.40,-1.77%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.10,-1.76%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1430.95,-0.78%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3584.95,-0.58%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1629.35,-0.57%), among others.
CDS index was at 60433.93 up by 412.26 points or by 0.69%. Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1377.05,+3.11%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15735.10,+1.71%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 582.35,+1.43%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1374.95,+0.30%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3443.35,+0.08%),.
Realty index was at 7543.73 down by -82.59 points or by -1.08%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1520.70,-3.39%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2268.00,-1.84%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1105.55,-1.44%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1834.20,-1.33%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1503.00,-1.11%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3861 , shares advanced were 2147 while 1487 shares declined and 227 were unchanged.