The Nifty50 and the Sensex declined in the early trade on Thursday as realty, bank, and financial shares weighed.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77719.26 up by 64.66 points or by 0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24274.4 up by 24.2 points or by 0.1 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77737.22 and intraday low of 77440.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24287.25 and intraday low of 24187.1

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1179.20,+2.05%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1675.20,+1.88%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1365.00,+1.59%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2481.60,+1.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3270.30,+1.46%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1678.00,-2.47%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2712.45,-1.69%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11825.00,-1.44%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 307.00,-1.41%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1221.50,-1.17%), among others.

IT index was at 30369.98 up by 451 points or by 1.51%. Rashi Peripherals Ltd. (Rs. 820.00,+6.45%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 764.55,+3.01%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 188.75,+2.83%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5630.00,+2.80%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 325.85,+2.76%),.

CGS index was at 75146.07 down by -989.27 points or by -1.3%. Waaree Energies Ltd. (Rs. 2585.60,-5.57%), Premier Energies Ltd. (Rs. 1002.25,-3.17%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 2112.50,-3.10%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 74.39,-3.07%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3095.00,-2.37%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3429 , shares advanced were 1449 while 1778 shares declined and 202 were unchanged.