The Nifty50 and Sensex traded within a narrow range as investors assessed the inflation outlook amid rising crude oil prices.
At 9:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73039.17 up by 5.39 points or by 0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22732.15 up by 10.2 points or by 0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73195.26 and intraday low of 72894.41 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22752.3 and intraday low of 22663.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2317.00,+2.21%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1083.30,+1.99%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1338.10,+1.29%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 443.50,+1.03%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10800.35,+0.83%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 971.50,-1.14%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1751.60,-0.99%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3640.50,-0.94%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 318.10,-0.90%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1741.00,-0.84%), among others.
IT index was at 28966.92 up by 406.43 points or by 1.42%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 154.80,+13.78%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 355.20,+8.54%), Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Rs. 3688.00,+7.63%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1670.80,+4.35%), Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (Rs. 680.00,+3.56%),.
HCS index was at 48326.46 down by -444.64 points or by -0.91%. Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 29.50,-3.37%), Artemis Medicare Services Ltd. (Rs. 302.20,-2.89%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 1867.00,-2.78%), Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd. (Rs. 861.35,-2.61%), Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 507.40,-2.57%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3724 , shares advanced were 2246 while 1279 shares declined and 199 were unchanged.