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Category : Market
Headline : Sensex, Nifty in red; Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance top losers
Date: 20/03/2023 15:03
Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session amid selling in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finserv Ltd.Bajaj Finance Ltd, Wipro Ltd. Tata Steel Ltd. State Bank of India among others.

At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57445.24 down by -544.66 points or by -0.94 % and then NSE Nifty was at 16928.7 down by -171.35 points or by -1 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 57829.23 and intraday low of 57084.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17066.6 and intraday low of 16828.35

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2507.00,+2.39%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 18953.50,+0.54%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 377.10,+0.36%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2463.00,+0.29%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1694.05,+0.17%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1244.00,-4.38%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5536.10,-3.43%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 366.45,-2.66%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 104.30,-2.57%), State Bank of India (Rs. 516.75,-2.35%), among others.

FMCG index was at 16210.43 up by 64.86 points or by 0.4%. BCL Industries Ltd. (Rs. 424.65,+3.41%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2507.55,+2.42%), Heritage Foods Ltd. (Rs. 140.10,+2.30%), Gillette India Ltd. (Rs. 4258.60,+1.82%), Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. (Rs. 72.10,+1.76%),.

Metal index was at 19009.57 down by -499.56 points or by -2.56%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 79.33,-4.74%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 383.35,-3.38%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 104.15,-2.71%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 86.20,-2.70%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 557.20,-2.62%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3970 , shares advanced were 1109 while 2710 shares declined and 151 were unchanged.