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Category : market
Headline : Mid-Session: Benchmarks under pressure; metal, PSBs outperform
Date: 26/03/2024 12:52
Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session amid a largely muted trend in Asia. At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72604.7 down by -227.24 points or by -0.31 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22051.05 down by -45.7 points or by -0.21 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 72705.29 and intraday low of 72363.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22073.2 and intraday low of 21947.55

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 6918.75,+2.30%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1612.90,+1.61%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.25,+1.02%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3655.00,+0.97%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 987.55,+0.82%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.60,-1.85%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 481.80,-1.08%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9586.85,-1.03%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1224.70,-0.90%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1430.40,-0.87%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27476.57 up by 311.76 points or by 1.15%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 180.30,+3.65%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 268.35,+3.47%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 959.95,+2.21%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 267.20,+1.52%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 601.85,+1.51%),.

TECk index was at 16119.73 down by -87.48 points or by -0.54%. Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 115.10,-2.46%), Just Dial Ltd. (Rs. 782.00,-1.92%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 836.00,-1.60%), Hughes Ispat Ltd. (Rs. 77.27,-1.59%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 481.80,-1.08%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4191 , shares advanced were 1621 while 2370 shares declined and 200 were unchanged.