Domestic bourses trimmed early losses and bounced back in green during the noon trading session as IT stocks supported, while traders monitored the geopolitical situation in West Asia.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74536.1 up by 268.76 points or by 0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23337.75 down by -44.85 points or by -0.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74536.83 and intraday low of 73815.12 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23375.95 and intraday low of 23229.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2450.00,+6.62%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1270.40,+5.63%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1240.40,+3.80%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1580.30,+2.37%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4230.70,+1.77%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 365.55,-3.41%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 280.75,-1.92%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3959.40,-1.25%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1738.70,-1.15%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 879.00,-1.12%), among others.
_IT index was at 30062.21 up by 1223.57 points or by 4.24%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 501.55,+13.40%), Network People Services Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1361.95,+13.12%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 191.75,+9.85%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 173.50,+8.78%), Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 16.89,+7.44%),.
Power index was at 8005.9 down by -134.14 points or by -1.65%. NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 73.00,-5.43%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 35046.85,-3.69%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 365.55,-3.41%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3625.05,-2.51%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4643.55,-2.34%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4390 , shares advanced were 1924 while 2250 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.