The BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty 50 indices gained strength after a rather quiet start to the trading action on Monday.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74270.41 up by 441.5 points or by 0.6 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22538.95 up by 141.75 points or by 0.63 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74376.35 and intraday low of 73796.06 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22549.5 and intraday low of 22353.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 702.85,+4.58%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2715.95,+2.74%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1854.20,+2.61%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8610.00,+2.27%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1717.40,+1.99%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2166.25,-1.17%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1520.20,-0.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1431.50,-0.57%), State Bank of India (Rs. 724.15,-0.49%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1571.50,-0.49%), among others.
Auto index was at 46891.17 up by 644.88 points or by 1.39%. UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 936.25,+3.48%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2715.95,+2.74%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 2305.15,+2.49%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 106351.85,+1.94%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1058.75,+1.85%),.
IT index was at 35253.98 down by -141.51 points or by -0.4%. LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4252.50,-4.80%), Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 653.90,-2.24%), Ksolves India Ltd. (Rs. 335.00,-2.15%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 691.15,-1.88%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 642.00,-1.87%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3565 , shares advanced were 2194 while 1191 shares declined and 180 were unchanged.