Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher on Wednesday, supported by improved risk sentiment amid hopes of easing tensions in the Middle East.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73105.81 up by 1158.26 points or by 1.61 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22733.4 up by 402 points or by 1.8 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73964.58 and intraday low of 73056.77 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22941.3 and intraday low of 22648.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4184.60,+6.11%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1385.40,+5.48%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3469.55,+5.31%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 417.80,+4.29%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1021.55,+4.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1717.10,-2.29%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 364.70,-1.68%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.80,-1.49%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10681.50,-0.59%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1778.55,-0.32%), among others.
CGS index was at 66289.02 up by 2045.64 points or by 3.18%. Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1335.80,+11.87%), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2306.00,+11.72%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1201.65,+9.55%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 80.76,+7.08%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 767.40,+6.27%),.
HCS index was at 41574.07 down by -204.31 points or by -0.49%. Acutaas Chemicals Ltd. (Rs. 2309.10,-9.74%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 1525.85,-4.81%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 1208.25,-3.70%), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 2000.55,-3.04%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 4118.75,-2.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4623 , shares advanced were 3955 while 529 shares declined and 139 were unchanged.