Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher on Thursday, mirroring a rally in global equity markets with fresh foreign fund inflows also adding to the optimistic trend.
At 10:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85345.98 up by 159.51 points or by 0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26099.65 up by 47 points or by 0.18 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85470.96 and intraday low of 85201.22 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26136 and intraday low of 26063.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1457.50,+1.34%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1499.05,+1.03%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3758.40,+0.97%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1532.45,+0.91%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 277.50,+0.82%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2873.00,-0.72%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 835.45,-0.52%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1775.85,-0.47%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 305.15,-0.44%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2152.00,-0.43%), among others.
CGS index was at 70763.88 up by 374.36 points or by 0.53%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 22349.00,+3.24%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1578.30,+2.66%), Cummins India Ltd. (Rs. 4346.10,+2.02%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 511.80,+1.46%), Grindwell Norton Ltd. (Rs. 1551.15,+1.24%),.
Realty index was at 7148.75 down by -27.65 points or by -0.39%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 916.00,-0.90%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1557.70,-0.77%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1194.00,-0.67%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1703.35,-0.66%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2116.40,-0.65%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3951 , shares advanced were 2023 while 1692 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.