Indian benchmark equity indices opened lower on Friday, led by weak sentiment flowing from global markets, due to rising risks of escalating conflict between Israel and its allies on one side, and Iran and its supporters on the other.
At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82280 down by -217.1 points or by -0.26 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25130.5 down by -119.6 points or by -0.47 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82649.16 and intraday low of 82051.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25287.9 and intraday low of 25118.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1398.75,+0.83%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1788.00,+0.65%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1180.55,+0.43%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4250.05,+0.42%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1609.05,+0.37%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7256.40,-2.38%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 428.25,-1.64%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3104.30,-1.46%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1893.65,-1.02%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11603.90,-1.01%), among others.
IT index was at 42300.79 up by 111.52 points or by 0.26%. R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 500.55,+6.55%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 101.95,+2.21%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 7155.85,+1.40%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 2430.00,+1.35%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 646.30,+1.09%),.
Realty index was at 7969.06 down by -218.75 points or by -2.67%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1569.10,-5.14%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1129.45,-3.93%), Sunteck Realty Ltd. (Rs. 548.85,-3.72%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2983.30,-2.77%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1707.55,-2.60%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3268 , shares advanced were 946 while 2204 shares declined and 118 were unchanged.