Domestic bourses were trading higher during the morning deals supported by buying in index heavyweights including ICICI Bank Ltd, State Bank of India, NTPC Ltd.Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.and Larsen & Toubro among others.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74236.47 up by 206.71 points or by 0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22537.55 up by 67.05 points or by 0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74401.11 and intraday low of 74046.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22558.05 and intraday low of 22460.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1255.25,+1.02%), State Bank of India (Rs. 729.70,+0.94%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 332.80,+0.82%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1136.25,+0.76%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3216.80,+0.72%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 661.55,-1.03%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2237.55,-0.60%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10484.85,-0.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1585.75,-0.24%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1535.80,-0.16%), among others.
CGS index was at 58481.24 up by 689.37 points or by 1.19%. Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3408.80,+4.68%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1138.25,+3.97%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 5077.55,+3.55%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 283.85,+2.57%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 5271.70,+2.56%),.
Auto index was at 46595.17 down by -104.44 points or by -0.22%. Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1067.65,-2.33%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 7424.30,-1.14%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 661.70,-1.01%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 124.35,-0.92%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 106500.00,-0.71%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3798 , shares advanced were 2190 while 1432 shares declined and 176 were unchanged.