Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended 1 per cent higher on Friday, taking their winning run to the second day, helped by a rally in heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank.
The 30-share benchmark index ended endex at 77569.39 up by 827.57 points or by 1.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24206.9 up by 244.1 points or by 1.02 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77642.23 and intraday low of 77320.56 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24228.45 and intraday low of 24120.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1308.85,+2.28%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1455.45,+2.19%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 414.85,+2.17%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1324.00,+1.92%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 191.15,+1.78%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 289.65,-0.89%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1921.10,-0.49%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1935.25,-0.19%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2902.75,-0.04%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 281.90,-0.02%), among others.
Realty index was at 7325.03 up by 240.56 points or by 3.4%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 574.65,+7.80%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2133.60,+5.08%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 685.70,+3.90%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1523.00,+3.65%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1732.35,+3.40%),.
FMCG index was at 18408.57 down by 17.1 points or by 0.09%. VST Industries Ltd. (Rs. 249.15,-5.93%), Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 625.10,-3.51%), Foods & Inns Ltd. (Rs. 60.65,-3.12%), Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd. (Rs. 153.95,-3.08%), Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd. (Rs. 648.55,-2.73%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4677 , shares advanced were 2992 while 1472 shares declined and 213 were unchanged.