The Sensex and Nifty50 fluctuated between gains and losses during the session as investors tracked mixed global market signals.
At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74903.05 up by 343.81 points or by 0.46 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23453.9 up by 74.35 points or by 0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74981.34 and intraday low of 74134.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23518.7 and intraday low of 23262.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2625.65,+4.79%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1742.45,+3.16%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 428.25,+2.80%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 217.50,+2.59%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 382.00,+1.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 300.50,-1.89%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3149.00,-0.86%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2282.70,-0.78%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 389.85,-0.75%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1382.00,-0.74%), among others.
Metal index was at 43268.21 up by 1273.6 points or by 3.03%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 200.20,+13.75%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 669.50,+4.36%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 90.12,+4.12%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1077.90,+3.48%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 405.50,+2.97%),.
_IT index was at 27334.31 down by -151.65 points or by -0.55%. ASM Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 3055.00,-4.27%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1526.90,-3.63%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 545.15,-3.51%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 493.50,-2.96%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1794.40,-2.58%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4371 , shares advanced were 2568 while 1604 shares declined and 199 were unchanged.