Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat on Thursday, following the lower close on Wall Street overnight amid trade tariff concerns.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77074.8 up by 30.51 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23309.25 down by -127.95 points or by -0.55 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77094.28 and intraday low of 76665.77 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23406.6 and intraday low of 23298.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1383.90,+2.00%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1895.90,+0.96%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 223.50,+0.65%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1982.20,+0.62%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1833.60,+0.58%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1395.50,-2.56%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1391.60,-1.51%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 135.00,-1.42%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3230.40,-1.29%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3192.75,-1.10%), among others.
Bankex index was at 61145.74 up by 409.68 points or by 0.67%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1383.90,+2.00%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1895.90,+0.96%), Canara Bank (Rs. 95.41,+0.74%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 242.50,+0.66%), State Bank of India (Rs. 776.20,+0.58%),.
IT index was at 32306.9 down by -560.09 points or by -1.7%. Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 304.90,-9.05%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 234.50,-5.25%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4117.25,-3.69%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1395.50,-2.56%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1118.85,-2.56%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3238 , shares advanced were 1761 while 1313 shares declined and 164 were unchanged.