Indian benchmark indices remained firmly higher on Thursday, with the Sensex gaining more than 500 points and the Nifty above 24,200 amid broad-based buying.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77441.59 up by 531.91 points or by 0.69 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24216.75 up by 138.45 points or by 0.57 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77513.99 and intraday low of 77371 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24226.85 and intraday low of 24184.55
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 327.40,+2.25%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1097.75,+1.78%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1248.65,+1.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1130.55,+1.21%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4076.00,+1.14%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 183.60,-0.22%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2614.00,-0.20%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1322.20,-0.02%), among others.
Realty index was at 7092.4 up by 127.99 points or by 1.84%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 605.25,+3.28%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1243.00,+3.07%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1901.60,+2.29%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 678.00,+1.63%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 641.55,+1.63%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 26182.39 down by 59.95 points or by 0.23%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 152.20,-0.56%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 472.45,-0.54%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 136.25,-0.22%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 663.50,-0.05%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4490 , shares advanced were 2615 while 1617 shares declined and 258 were unchanged