Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended gains during the morning deals on Wednesday after two days of decline amid a positive trend in global markets and buying in auto stocks.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76868.92 up by 390.25 points or by 0.51 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24009.3 up by 143.55 points or by 0.6 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76982.65 and intraday low of 76538.37 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24020.65 and intraday low of 23895.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3154.00,+2.73%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1857.00,+2.59%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 270.15,+2.08%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2162.00,+2.03%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2685.50,+1.82%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1374.15,-2.21%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1056.90,-1.41%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1774.20,-0.49%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 796.50,-0.24%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4134.80,-0.22%), among others.
FMCG index was at 18428.9 up by 243.25 points or by 1.34%. Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 9221.55,+8.32%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. (Rs. 447.30,+5.92%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (Rs. 626.25,+4.65%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 22.97,+3.75%), BCL Industries Ltd. (Rs. 34.85,+2.86%),.
IT index was at 25608.16 down by -109.92 points or by -0.43%. KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 569.05,-15.25%), Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 3630.00,-5.22%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1417.10,-3.39%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 816.05,-2.56%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1374.15,-2.21%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4029 , shares advanced were 2366 while 1460 shares declined and 203 were unchanged.