Indian benchmark indices continued to trade lower during the noon trading session weighed down by selling in Eternal Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd. Infosys Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.among others.

At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84394.48 down by -271.8 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25739.05 down by -100.6 points or by -0.39 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 85020.34 and intraday low of 84313.62 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25947.65 and intraday low of 25734.55

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 162.45,+1.15%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1538.10,+0.61%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 403.25,+0.60%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 321.45,+0.52%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1785.10,+0.50%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 284.75,-2.38%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1360.75,-1.03%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 836.10,-0.99%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1584.05,-0.96%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3184.35,-0.74%), among others.

Metal index was at 33662.59 up by 200.01 points or by 0.6%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 512.00,+4.36%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 524.00,+1.47%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 822.75,+1.29%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 782.10,+1.10%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 162.35,+1.09%),.

CGS index was at 65823.91 down by -741.02 points or by -1.11%. Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 3893.55,-10.19%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 119.40,-3.94%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1387.65,-2.71%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 18970.20,-2.67%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 2770.10,-2.57%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4423 , shares advanced were 1990 while 2244 shares declined and 189 were unchanged.