The benchmark indices NIFTY 50 and BSE SENSEX traded higher on Thursday as investors remained cautious ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75003.3 up by 394.32 points or by 0.53 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23550.05 up by 137.45 points or by 0.59 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75079.8 and intraday low of 74857.83 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23581.5 and intraday low of 23515.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1771.25,+2.03%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4154.70,+1.73%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2660.35,+1.62%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 396.15,+1.45%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1848.20,+1.30%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1125.55,-1.56%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1108.90,-1.28%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2244.00,-1.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1359.05,-1.16%), among others.
Metal index was at 44103.03 up by 721.33 points or by 1.66%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 419.50,+2.74%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 206.40,+2.38%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 93.11,+2.21%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1295.85,+1.65%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1090.25,+1.54%),.
IT index was at 26863.15 down by -317.6 points or by -1.17%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 253.30,-10.98%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 698.85,-2.90%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 283.40,-2.63%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1686.00,-2.32%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4003.00,-2.24%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3366 , shares advanced were 2276 while 922 shares declined and 168 were unchanged.