Indian benchmark indices extended gains in afternoon trade on Tuesday, aided by sustained buying in IT, realty and broader market stocks, which kept investor sentiment upbeat.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75526.86 up by 211.82 points or by 0.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23705.35 up by 55.4 points or by 0.23 %.
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. 1193.00,+4.43%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1182.50,+3.11%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1472.30,+2.93%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 248.15,+2.86%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2336.45,+2.29%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 385.00,-1.71%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11359.00,-1.65%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4115.20,-1.32%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1916.80,-1.10%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1886.30,-0.99%), among others.
IT index was at 28406.91 up by 916.51 points or by 3.33%. Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1513.40,+9.75%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1666.10,+7.28%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 530.00,+6.88%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 328.75,+6.31%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 666.25,+5.89%),.
Bankex index was at 60413.04 down by 115.07 points or by 0.19%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 385.00,-1.71%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 765.50,-0.40%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1246.10,-0.39%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 975.60,-0.36%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4480 , shares advanced were 2809 while 1457 shares declined and 214 were unchanged.