Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty traded marginally higher on Friday, as investors remained cautious amid elevated crude oil prices driven by geopolitical uncertainties and a sharp decline in US markets.
At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77615.13 up by 77.41 points or by 0.1 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24232.1 up by 0.25 points or by 0 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77725.67 and intraday low of 77445.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24284.05 and intraday low of 24206.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.10,+1.83%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 415.00,+1.54%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 402.65,+1.04%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 340.90,+0.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1601.00,+0.57%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2015.00,-1.06%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5117.00,-0.88%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13702.70,-0.62%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5033.05,-0.57%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2951.70,-0.55%), among others.
Power index was at 7539.36 up by 45.71 points or by 0.61%. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.10,+1.83%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1318.15,+1.55%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4115.20,+1.48%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 34046.55,+1.45%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 76.87,+0.95%),.
FMCG index was at 17964.5 down by -138.34 points or by -0.76%. Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 25.18,-3.75%), KSE Ltd. (Rs. 189.55,-3.61%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (Rs. 740.05,-3.46%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 53.50,-3.41%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. (Rs. 22.66,-3.33%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4107 , shares advanced were 2239 while 1597 shares declined and 271 were unchanged.