Indian equities edged higher in the afternoon trade amid buying in IT, realty and bank stocks. Market sentiment is also expected to be shaped by the weekly expiry of Sensex derivative contracts today.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was teading at 84692.61 up by 132.96 points or by 0.16 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25892.8 up by 74.25 points or by 0.29 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84780.19 and intraday low of 84238.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25899.05 and intraday low of 25726.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3275.90,+1.81%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1625.00,+1.43%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1596.15,+1.16%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1236.00,+0.93%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1364.80,+0.88%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1737.70,-3.20%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 257.35,-1.40%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3577.70,-0.98%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 318.20,-0.95%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2766.10,-0.69%), among others.
IT index was at 37224.17 up by 364.53 points or by 0.99%. Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 436.60,+5.92%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 513.55,+2.98%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 756.05,+2.31%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1222.80,+1.95%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 562.20,+1.89%),.
Power index was at 6381.21 down by -57.17 points or by -0.89%. Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3080.65,-1.90%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 257.35,-1.40%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 274.10,-1.37%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 318.20,-0.95%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1261.10,-0.91%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4269 , shares advanced were 1736 while 2347 shares declined and 186 were unchanged.