Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. ICICI Bank Ltd.Titan Company Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80016.57 up by 706.56 points or by 0.89 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24683.85 up by 147.25 points or by 0.6 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80080.59 and intraday low of 79016.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24702.6 and intraday low of 24388.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3226.50,+3.95%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1539.80,+2.70%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4957.70,+2.61%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 778.30,+2.41%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1862.30,+2.02%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 256.25,-1.82%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 388.75,-1.54%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1056.30,-1.30%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2500.00,-1.10%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5389.10,-0.90%), among others.
Bankex index was at 65599.56 up by 555.02 points or by 0.85%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1538.95,+2.64%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 777.80,+2.35%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 474.50,+1.51%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1295.00,+1.24%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 16.41,+0.92%),.
CGS index was at 69171.52 down by -2260.76 points or by -3.16%. Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 2715.70,-18.26%), Astral Ltd. (Rs. 1236.00,-10.84%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 14023.30,-10.19%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3720.00,-6.42%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 763.10,-5.73%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4533 , shares advanced were 1453 while 2847 shares declined and 233 were unchanged.