Indian benchmark indices were trading firm during the noon trading session, supported by strong buying in IT, realty and broader market stocks.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75620.9 up by 305.86 points or by 0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23752.4 up by 102.45 points or by 0.43 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75746.27 and intraday low of 75371.07 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23782.3 and intraday low of 23647.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1189.00,+4.08%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1482.00,+3.60%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 248.40,+2.96%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1177.85,+2.71%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2336.30,+2.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 385.00,-1.71%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11425.00,-1.08%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1918.40,-1.02%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4136.00,-0.82%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1893.20,-0.63%), among others.
_IT index was at 28401.62 up by 911.22 points or by 3.31%. Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 532.15,+7.31%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1474.00,+6.89%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1431.25,+6.14%), Network People Services Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1074.50,+5.81%), Mindteck (India) Ltd. (Rs. 212.50,+5.46%),.
Metal index was at 42908.16 down by 12.08 points or by 0.03%. Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 456.60,-1.16%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 739.95,-1.08%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 89.30,-0.94%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 397.35,-0.79%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 633.00,-0.57%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4306 , shares advanced were 2724 while 1363 shares declined and 219 were unchanged.