Nifty crawls back from 4700; HCL Tech, Maruti in green

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At 14.40 hrs IST,  Sensex recovered more than 150 points in last 30 minutes after touching a low of 15750. Nifty also recovered nearly 50 points after breaking 4700. Metal and Realty index shed some of its losses in this pullback. All BSE sectoral indices were still trading down more than 1%.

The Sensex was down 351.78 points or 2.17% at 15873.17, and the Nifty down 104.80 points or 2.16% at 4740.55. About 437 shares advanced, 2495 shares declined, and 214 shares were unchanged.

In the largecap space, HCL Tech, Reliance Infra and Maruti Suzuki were trading in green. On the losing side, Ranbaxy Labs, Hindalco, Jaiprakash Associates, Tata Steel and Idea Cellular were down 3.5-5%.

Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 2,337.50 down 3.54% from its previous close of Rs 2,423.20. Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 337.50 down 4.39% from its previous close of Rs 353.00. Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 986.25 down 3.25% from its previous close of Rs 1,019.40.

Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 229.15 down 0.87% from its previous close of Rs 231.15. Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 248.20 down 2.03% from its previous close of Rs 253.35.

Top gainers on the BSE Midcap: Torrent Pharma, Godrej Consumer, GlaxoSmith Consumer, Prakash Ind and Kirloskar Oil were up 1-3%.

Top losers on the BSE Midcap: Jai Corp, Nat Fert, Indiabulls Real, Rei Agro and BF Utilities were down 7-10%.

Top gainers on the BSE Smallcap: Jindal Worldwide, TRF, Arshiya Intl, Hind Nat Glass and Genesys Int were up 2-5%.

Top losers on the BSE Smallcap: Falcon Tyres, Hexaware Tech, Sakthi Sugars, Ashtavinayak and Dharani Sugars were down more than 10%.