Indian stock markets were trading higher in the morning, with Eternal, Axis Bank, Trent, NTPC, Titan, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, and Bharti Airtel emerging as the top gainers on the Sensex.
At 9:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84371.82 up by 306.07 points or by 0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25948.2 up by 80.9 points or by 0.31 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84375.31 and intraday low of 84063.47 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25962.3 and intraday low of 25870.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 297.20,+2.89%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 207.90,+2.87%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1650.15,+1.80%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15194.30,+1.43%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1356.00,+1.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 967.75,-1.55%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2397.00,-0.84%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4944.90,-0.40%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1556.90,-0.34%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1597.05,-0.31%), among others.
Auto index was at 62282.67 up by 564.77 points or by 0.92%. Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2743.00,+2.35%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 126.80,+2.01%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 147651.90,+1.63%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15194.30,+1.43%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1606.50,+1.19%),.
_Bankex index was at 68091 down by -13.69 points or by -0.02%. Union Bank of India (Rs. 178.20,-0.97%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 995.60,-0.91%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 84.26,-0.60%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 924.00,-0.41%), Canara Bank (Rs. 147.35,-0.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3747 , shares advanced were 2528 while 1054 shares declined and 165 were unchanged.