Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gained over 1% each on October 13, supported by value buying following recent market weakness.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72875.03 up by 950.35 points or by 1.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22634.35 up by 271 points or by 1.21 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72878.57 and intraday low of 71703.56 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22635.95 and intraday low of 22288.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1313.00,+7.62%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2252.20,+5.89%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1537.10,+4.56%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1060.90,+4.32%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1873.70,+2.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11205.20,-1.04%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 320.00,-0.91%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 440.00,-0.68%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 247.80,-0.58%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4789.20,-0.12%), among others.
IT index was at 28474.68 up by 1254.74 points or by 4.61%. Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 296.80,+8.46%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1313.00,+7.62%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 880.65,+6.93%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 532.50,+6.71%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 511.70,+6.46%),.
HCS index was at 48596.03 down by -258.46 points or by -0.53%. Park Medi World Ltd. (Rs. 235.80,-7.40%), Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Ltd. (Rs. 240.45,-5.37%), KMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Ltd. (Rs. 152.60,-5.31%), Morepen Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 121.55,-4.96%), 3B BlackBio Dx Ltd. (Rs. 1532.35,-4.96%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4717 , shares advanced were 2328 while 2125 shares declined and 264 were unchanged.