The Nifty50 and Sensex traded within a narrow range as investors closely monitored ongoing developments in West Asia.
At 12:45 hour, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78192.1 up by 233.58 points or by 0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24355.15 up by 24.2 points or by 0.1 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78384.7 and intraday low of 77713.21 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24423.35 and intraday low of 24284
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3387.25,+2.64%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 402.50,+1.98%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12265.00,+1.42%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 381.25,+1.34%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.75,+1.02%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4294.65,-1.46%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2286.95,-1.34%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2415.90,-0.80%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1456.00,-0.74%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1823.50,-0.69%), among others.
Auto index was at 60123.26 up by 1061.33 points or by 1.8%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5423.10,+4.90%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 38190.00,+4.15%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 10618.45,+2.95%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3387.25,+2.64%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3709.80,+2.54%),.
CDS index was at 59436.84 down by -239.02 points or by -0.4%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1770.00,-2.07%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 408.75,-1.62%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4294.65,-1.46%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 11180.00,-1.04%), PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 538.75,-1.04%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4414 , shares advanced were 2821 while 1356 shares declined and 237 were unchanged.