Stock markets in India were trading higher on Tuesday. Domestic indices drew strength from a broad rally across Asia-Pacific and cooling precious metal prices.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84428.32 up by 362.57 points or by 0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25956.25 up by 88.95 points or by 0.34 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84447.37 and intraday low of 84063.47 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25978.9 and intraday low of 25870.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 306.75,+6.20%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 207.65,+2.75%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3683.40,+2.01%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15265.20,+1.91%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1648.65,+1.71%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 969.05,-1.42%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2395.20,-0.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1587.95,-0.88%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2023.00,-0.76%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4945.30,-0.39%), among others.
Auto index was at 62670.4 up by 952.5 points or by 1.54%. Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 127.75,+2.78%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2422.85,+2.57%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 9820.00,+2.43%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3683.40,+2.01%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15265.20,+1.91%),.
CGS index was at 69031.25 down by -4.17 points or by -0.01%. CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 674.70,-2.23%), Timken India Ltd. (Rs. 3222.00,-1.97%), Zen Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1325.55,-1.03%), Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (Rs. 32204.20,-0.88%), Polycab India Ltd. (Rs. 7722.45,-0.80%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4360 , shares advanced were 2742 while 1432 shares declined and 186 were unchanged.