Domestic bourses were trading higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Tata Motors Ltd.IndusInd Bank Ltd.Infosys Ltd among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82662.59 up by 409.13 points or by 0.5 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25218.8 up by 136.5 points or by 0.54 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82743.62 and intraday low of 82221.74 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25245.2 and intraday low of 25088.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1725.40,+2.58%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3137.15,+1.50%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 683.55,+1.34%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 877.45,+1.19%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1586.05,+0.99%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1574.05,-2.83%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 267.40,-1.24%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.45,-0.56%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2394.40,-0.27%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1171.45,-0.17%), among others.
Auto index was at 53498.93 up by 777.03 points or by 1.47%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 4436.90,+4.41%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 157.60,+3.48%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 2880.00,+2.79%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1106.55,+2.67%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 8244.00,+1.96%),.
Metal index was at 31341.98 down by 37.62 points or by 0.12%. NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 68.07,-1.52%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 688.00,-0.80%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 159.45,-0.56%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1036.60,-0.22%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 134.00,-0.15%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4219 , shares advanced were 2640 while 1374 shares declined and 205 were unchanged.