Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher amid volatility in Monday’s afternoon session, with the Nifty holding above the 22,500 mark.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72302.69 up by 392.99 points or by 0.55 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22555.2 up by 133.25 points or by 0.59 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72631.93 and intraday low of 71840.18 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22621.8 and intraday low of 22397.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 268.25,+4.38%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 971.00,+2.28%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1191.75,+2.21%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 320.35,+2.19%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1332.50,+2.07%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1203.00,-3.45%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2352.25,-2.24%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 704.75,-2.03%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1782.15,-1.54%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1019.30,-1.52%), among others.
FMCG index was at 16874.16 up by 222.88 points or by 1.34%. Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. (Rs. 839.85,+9.46%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. (Rs. 431.25,+8.63%), Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. (Rs. 541.50,+6.11%), DCM Shriram Industries Ltd. (Rs. 40.07,+6.09%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd. (Rs. 279.75,+6.01%),.
HCS index was at 49339.47 down by -560.47 points or by -1.12%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 1024.75,-5.40%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 31.31,-4.98%), Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 682.00,-4.75%), Suraksha Diagnostic Ltd. (Rs. 334.55,-4.48%), Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 707.35,-3.77%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4942 , shares advanced were 2253 while 2390 shares declined and 299 were unchanged.