The Sensex and Nifty were trading firm on Monday, supported by a decline in crude oil prices and easing concerns over further Federal Reserve monetary tightening at its October meeting.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72160.22 up by 250.52 points or by 0.35 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22512.95 up by 91 points or by 0.41 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72631.93 and intraday low of 72098.84 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22621.8 and intraday low of 22474
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 984.85,+3.74%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2119.10,+1.91%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 260.55,+1.38%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4591.30,+1.24%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1751.20,+1.23%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1214.40,-2.54%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2355.00,-2.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1020.35,-1.42%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 378.10,-1.41%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1789.35,-1.14%), among others.
Bankex index was at 61853.85 up by 497.72 points or by 0.81%. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1017.80,+2.75%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 324.30,+2.45%), Punjab National Bank (Rs. 112.15,+2.05%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 236.25,+1.94%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 21.10,+1.93%),.
HCS index was at 49282.42 down by -617.52 points or by -1.24%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 1023.30,-5.53%), Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 679.10,-5.15%), TAKE Ltd. (Rs. 11.98,-5.00%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 31.31,-4.98%), Wanbury Ltd. (Rs. 190.00,-4.52%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4476 , shares advanced were 2177 while 1990 shares declined and 309 were unchanged.