Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty traded higher during the noon trading session on Tuesday, supported by strong buying in IT stocks, even as the broader market remained under pressure.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78432.27 up by 147.2 points or by 0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24486.7 up by 56.35 points or by 0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78664.92 and intraday low of 78248.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24530.9 and intraday low of 24423.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1079.20,+3.53%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1448.50,+3.03%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1165.80,+2.80%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4600.00,+2.56%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2098.20,+1.98%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2948.10,-11.82%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3986.45,-1.32%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 420.25,-1.23%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2734.80,-0.75%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 189.75,-0.58%), among others.
IT index was at 27170.31 up by 595.71 points or by 2.24%. R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 240.70,+6.79%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 324.95,+4.92%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 898.00,+3.91%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 295.80,+3.68%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 3862.75,+3.61%),.
Realty index was at 6961.21 down by -116.38 points or by -1.64%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 518.00,-3.61%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 656.25,-2.44%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2062.65,-2.14%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1671.05,-1.90%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1917.85,-1.76%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4316 , shares advanced were 1556 while 2543 shares declined and 217 were unchanged.