The Nifty 50 and Sensex trimmed some of their intraday gains, retreating from the day’s highs as weakness in healthcare stocks weighed on the indices.
At 12:27 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73629.2 up by 1681.65 points or by 2.34 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22859.3 up by 527.9 points or by 2.36 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73964.58 and intraday low of 73325.83 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22941.3 and intraday low of 22736.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4251.75,+7.81%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1394.10,+6.14%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 423.90,+5.82%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3484.45,+5.76%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3650.70,+4.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 366.30,-1.25%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 294.20,-0.68%), among others.
CGS index was at 66804.22 up by 2560.84 points or by 3.99%. Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1350.35,+13.09%), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2310.05,+11.91%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1207.00,+10.04%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 81.07,+7.49%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 771.00,+6.76%),.
HCS index was at 42168.61 down by 390.23 points or by 0.93%. Acutaas Chemicals Ltd. (Rs. 2349.40,-8.16%), Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 423.00,-2.48%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 1564.80,-2.38%), Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Ltd. (Rs. 1246.10,-2.09%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (Rs. 7323.65,-1.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4464 , shares advanced were 3857 while 458 shares declined and 149 were unchanged.