Domestic bourses soared on Thursday, supported by value buying, easing volatility and positive global market trends amid optimism surrounding the ongoing US-China talks.
At 14:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75466.05 up by 857.07 points or by 1.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23694.7 up by 282.1 points or by 1.2 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75681.88 and intraday low of 74526.77 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23777.2 and intraday low of 23426.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1881.50,+5.22%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 245.80,+3.32%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 772.00,+2.99%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1860.80,+2.00%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1770.00,+1.96%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1095.00,-2.52%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1348.00,-1.96%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1127.45,-1.39%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2248.05,-1.08%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2249.00,-0.83%), among others.
HCS index was at 47073.89 up by 925.5 points or by 2.01%. Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 2020.00,+9.60%), Cipla Ltd. (Rs. 1436.20,+8.22%), 3B BlackBio Dx Ltd. (Rs. 1370.00,+6.38%), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 989.80,+5.42%), Health X Platform Ltd. (Rs. 290.00,+4.92%),.
IT index was at 26702.71 down by -478.04 points or by -1.76%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 227.65,-20.00%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 273.90,-5.89%), Network People Services Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1048.70,-4.03%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 3937.20,-3.85%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4655.00,-3.83%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4564 , shares advanced were 2196 while 2146 shares declined and 222 were unchanged.