Indian stock markets were higher at the open supported by buying in index heavyweights including Asian Paints, IndiGo, M&M, Adani Ports, Sun Pharma, Reliance Industries, and SBI among others.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83651.84 up by 192.69 points or by 0.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25626.6 up by 28.95 points or by 0.11 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83846.35 and intraday low of 83488.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25679.15 and intraday low of 25587.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2603.40,+4.70%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3664.10,+2.30%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1494.95,+1.57%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1456.55,+0.85%), State Bank of India (Rs. 964.90,+0.82%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 273.35,-2.03%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 307.80,-1.80%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1044.85,-1.14%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 976.50,-0.87%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3794.55,-0.48%), among others.
CDS index was at 61042 up by 546.64 points or by 0.9%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1950.30,+1.74%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1366.30,+0.47%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15279.80,+0.18%),.
Metal index was at 34538.33 down by -225.79 points or by -0.65%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 790.05,-4.92%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 232.00,-0.54%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 471.30,-0.42%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 73.98,-0.42%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 376.50,-0.32%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3534 , shares advanced were 1397 while 1925 shares declined and 212 were unchanged.