Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Bharti Airtel Ltd, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. , IndusInd Bank Ltd. Axis Bank Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd. among others.

At 12:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80164.52 down by -458.74 points or by -0.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24429.3 down by -166.85 points or by -0.68 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 80550.4 and intraday low of 79989.5 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24585.5 and intraday low of 24402.25

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 336.00,+1.82%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3467.10,+1.53%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12702.35,+0.61%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1923.10,+0.49%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1490.60,+0.45%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1873.80,-2.63%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1325.25,-1.53%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 795.60,-1.48%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1061.50,-1.43%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.75,-1.22%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 26172.35 up by 115.29 points or by 0.44%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 319.25,+2.83%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 412.30,+2.42%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 171.55,+1.18%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 434.40,+0.53%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 234.45,+0.30%),.

Metal index was at 30480.46 down by -544.08 points or by -1.75%. Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 694.55,-4.40%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1042.10,-2.33%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 672.05,-2.13%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 980.60,-1.81%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 121.65,-1.30%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4172 , shares advanced were 1845 while 2155 shares declined and 172 were unchanged.