The Sensex and Nifty were trading higher on Tuesday, extending the gains from the previous session, supported by strong buying in banking stocks and Reliance Industries, along with positive global market cues.
At 10:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72678.27 up by 295.8 points or by 0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22627.8 up by 72.05 points or by 0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72732.92 and intraday low of 72384.83 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22667.35 and intraday low of 22561.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2850.00,+10.68%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 430.35,+3.37%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1204.90,+1.59%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1237.60,+1.12%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1855.00,+0.82%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1514.00,-1.59%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 265.75,-1.04%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1010.25,-0.91%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4566.60,-0.73%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2850.00,-0.70%), among others.
Power index was at 7268.11 up by 85.18 points or by 1.19%. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 442.55,+3.50%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1323.75,+3.43%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 7075.45,+2.82%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 903.00,+2.49%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 501.20,+2.29%),.
_IT index was at 26973.59 down by -160.36 points or by -0.59%. Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1112.15,-2.44%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1514.00,-1.59%), Amagi Media Labs Ltd. (Rs. 561.60,-1.43%), DC Infotech and Communication Ltd. (Rs. 338.05,-1.28%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 247.00,-1.18%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4088 , shares advanced were 2473 while 1354 shares declined and 261 were unchanged.