The Nifty50 and Sensex declined as rising crude oil prices, driven by persistent US-Iran tensions, weighed on market sentiment.

At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76917.58 down by -552.53 points or by -0.71 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24094.1 down by -93.6 points or by -0.39 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77384.95 and intraday low of 76889.92 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24166.3 and intraday low of 24076.15

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4708.00,+0.43%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 287.10,+0.14%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13597.25,+0.03%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2692.80,+0.03%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5138.45,-3.23%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1029.75,-1.39%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1240.90,-1.35%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1823.50,-1.14%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1939.85,-1.14%), among others.

Auto index was at 60093.81 up by 71.38 points or by 0.12%. TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3930.50,+3.66%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 10714.95,+2.95%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 146.95,+1.10%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2937.90,+0.95%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5067.85,+0.73%),.

HCS index was at 49720.5 down by -743.91 points or by -1.47%. Bajaj Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 342.85,-7.35%), Marksans Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 241.75,-7.14%), Anthem Biosciences Ltd. (Rs. 746.85,-5.67%), Panacea Biotec Ltd. (Rs. 467.20,-5.53%), Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 559.95,-4.44%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3273 , shares advanced were 1134 while 1986 shares declined and 153 were unchanged.