Indian markets continued to trade lower during the noon trading session amid selling in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. State Bank of India, Tata Motors Ltd, among others.

At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79892.74 down by -458.9 points or by -0.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24279.15 down by -154.05 points or by -0.63 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 80481.36 and intraday low of 79435.76 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24461.05 and intraday low of 24141.8

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2994.00,+3.06%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 345.20,+1.26%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2615.50,+1.01%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 379.90,+0.77%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1486.70,+0.60%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2729.05,-6.72%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 167.90,-2.27%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3914.05,-1.95%), State Bank of India (Rs. 848.30,-1.47%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 1001.35,-1.32%), among others. _FMCG index was at 21531.37 up by 72.91 points or by 0.34%. AVT Natural Products Ltd. (Rs. 91.70,+4.03%), Honasa Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 471.00,+3.55%), Zydus Wellness Ltd. (Rs. 2174.25,+3.55%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1445.80,+2.46%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3046.50,+1.82%),.

Auto index was at 57521.35 down by -1185.07 points or by -2.02%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2731.75,-6.63%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 566.35,-2.10%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5487.55,-1.79%), Apollo Tyres Ltd. (Rs. 527.75,-1.71%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 199.85,-1.55%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4194 , shares advanced were 1329 while 2736 shares declined and 129 were unchanged.