Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd,  NTPC Ltd.Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.HCL Technologies Ltd Tata Steel Ltd. among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85025.94 up by 397.78 points or by 0.47 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26059.85 up by 123.65 points or by 0.48 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85105.83 and intraday low of 84638.68 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26097.85 and intraday low of 25960.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1461.65,+3.18%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 348.95,+2.92%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 295.30,+2.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1554.10,+2.14%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 185.40,+1.95%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 330.75,-1.15%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3538.00,-1.08%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3931.40,-1.04%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1064.00,-1.00%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16220.35,-0.57%), among others.
Power index was at 7003.01 up by 177.49 points or by 2.6%. Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1118.20,+11.31%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 58.04,+3.20%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 410.65,+3.01%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 244.30,+2.93%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1315.80,+2.93%),.
Auto index was at 60194.26 down by -293.1 points or by -0.48%. Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 37450.00,-2.76%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3493.40,-1.73%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3537.50,-1.09%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5550.00,-0.99%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 968.00,-0.80%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4445 , shares advanced were 2580 while 1686 shares declined and 179 were unchanged.