Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Bajaj Finserv Ltd. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd.and Nestle India Ltd. among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81574.2 up by 387.76 points or by 0.48 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24808.75 up by 124.85 points or by 0.51 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82021.64 and intraday low of 81237.06 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24946.2 and intraday low of 24685.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1601.80,+1.70%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2036.00,+1.68%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1735.20,+1.63%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 160.80,+1.36%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2390.00,+1.35%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 768.35,-1.75%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2075.30,-0.65%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 296.75,-0.42%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12601.00,-0.35%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1380.45,-0.25%), among others.
Realty index was at 7254.48 up by 100.6 points or by 1.41%. DLF Ltd. (Rs. 773.15,+2.59%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1614.20,+2.28%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1731.30,+1.85%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1402.10,+1.49%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 513.10,+0.98%),.
CDS index was at 58643.11 down by -379.85 points or by -0.64%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15570.00,-6.02%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 270.65,-2.22%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1270.00,-1.97%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1582.00,-1.75%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4254 , shares advanced were 2213 while 1884 shares declined and 157 were unchanged.