After a subdued opening, Indian equity benchmarks bounced back strongly, driven by robust gains in IT and PSU banking stocks.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 85186.47 up by 513.45 points or by 0.61 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26052.65 up by 142.6 points or by 0.55 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85236.77 and intraday low of 84525.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26074.65 and intraday low of 25856.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1663.70,+4.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1541.25,+3.74%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3147.20,+1.99%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2440.75,+1.54%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1784.15,+1.39%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 360.90,-2.79%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15725.00,-1.28%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 839.80,-0.97%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1482.60,-0.83%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1006.80,-0.67%), among others.
IT index was at 36111.06 up by 1024.72 points or by 2.92%. L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 4403.50,+8.12%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 460.50,+6.30%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 1142.45,+5.10%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1663.70,+4.32%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 66.96,+4.23%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 28735.7 down by -110 points or by -0.38%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 364.85,-1.70%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 169.10,-1.43%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 477.20,-1.37%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 206.65,-0.93%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 273.45,-0.49%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4546 , shares advanced were 1943 while 2417 shares declined and 186 were unchanged.