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Indian equities were volatile in trade on Thursday, ahead of F&O expiry.
Meabwhile, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation stayed in the negative zone for the second month in a row, coming in at (-) 0.58% in July, driven by deflation in food articles and fuel, even as manufactured goods registered a price rise, according to government data released on Thursday.
WPI inflation stood at (-) 0.13% in June and was 2.10% in July last year.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80633.46 up by 93.55 points or by 0.12 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24648 up by 28.65 points or by 0.12 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80751.18 and intraday low of 80489.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24673.65 and intraday low of 24603.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1451.00,+1.75%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 315.65,+1.07%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2519.00,+0.75%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1925.80,+0.64%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1991.05,+0.59%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1293.60,-1.98%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.25,-1.81%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12243.00,-1.24%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3664.00,-0.78%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.65,-0.68%), among others.
CDS index was at 59100.77 up by 521.6 points or by 0.89%. Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 544.25,+5.56%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1788.90,+1.97%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1492.80,+1.64%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 75.67,+1.30%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 16155.00,+1.29%),.
Metal index was at 30721.23 down by -400 points or by -1.29%. NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 69.32,-4.52%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 120.90,-2.54%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 970.75,-2.43%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 429.55,-2.05%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.25,-1.81%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4187 , shares advanced were 1769 while 2234 shares declined and 184 were unchanged
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