Indian benchmark indices pared early losses and bounced back in green during the morning deals.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74616.75 up by 57.51 points or by 0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23452.45 up by 72.9 points or by 0.31 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74981.34 and intraday low of 74134.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23503.8 and intraday low of 23262.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2610.55,+4.19%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.50,+2.59%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 427.00,+2.50%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1724.40,+2.10%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 381.95,+1.56%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 298.75,-2.46%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 386.55,-1.59%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1130.30,-0.89%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13059.40,-0.86%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4019.70,-0.85%), among others.
Metal index was at 43115.04 up by 1120.43 points or by 2.67%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 189.80,+7.84%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 670.55,+4.52%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1074.30,+3.13%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 405.55,+2.98%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.60,+2.64%),.
IT index was at 27351.17 down by -134.79 points or by -0.49%. ASM Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 3071.60,-3.75%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1527.30,-3.60%), Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 858.55,-3.02%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 493.70,-2.92%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 266.80,-2.41%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4034 , shares advanced were 2408 while 1407 shares declined and 219 were unchanged.