Domestic bourses continued to extend gains during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including HCL Technologies Ltd.Infosys Ltd.Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.Hindustan Unilever Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85038.59 up by 365.57 points or by 0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26004.7 up by 94.65 points or by 0.37 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85045.32 and intraday low of 84525.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26010.35 and intraday low of 25856.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1662.60,+4.25%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1539.90,+3.65%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3146.80,+1.98%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2445.60,+1.75%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1441.40,+1.43%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 364.30,-1.87%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15760.90,-1.05%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 325.95,-0.79%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 841.45,-0.77%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 403.30,-0.60%), among others.
IT index was at 36108.62 up by 1022.28 points or by 2.91%. L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 4403.25,+8.11%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 1150.80,+5.87%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 496.75,+5.65%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1569.95,+4.72%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 426.50,+4.57%),.
Power index was at 6716.89 down by -20.62 points or by -0.31%. CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 722.90,-1.44%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 519.95,-1.35%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3212.70,-1.14%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1066.50,-1.01%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 325.70,-0.87%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4322 , shares advanced were 1853 while 2248 shares declined and 221 were unchanged.