Indian stock markets were trading lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including HCL Technologies Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd. ICICI Bank Ltd.Titan Company Ltd.among others.

At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82525.39 down by -488.57 points or by -0.59 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25293.95 down by -129.65 points or by -0.51 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82978.63 and intraday low of 82485.92 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25428.75 and intraday low of 25286.3

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1437.55,+1.78%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2505.00,+1.08%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1663.00,+0.86%), State Bank of India (Rs. 861.05,+0.77%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 739.05,+0.48%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1468.60,-1.68%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 962.90,-1.40%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1402.10,-1.39%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3465.00,-1.31%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1521.10,-1.24%), among others.

Power index was at 6869.68 up by 86.62 points or by 1.28%. Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 710.50,+12.63%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1045.60,+6.81%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 241.00,+2.84%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 545.00,+1.36%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 88.10,+1.16%),.

IT index was at 35767.82 down by -309.73 points or by -0.86%. Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 564.85,-2.19%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1468.20,-1.71%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 382.25,-1.60%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1706.05,-1.52%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 9045.00,-1.39%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4337 , shares advanced were 2008 while 2119 shares declined and 210 were unchanged.