The benchmark indices continued the bull run during the late noon trading session as IT shares rose amid unwinding of global AI-trade.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80585.67 up by 1275.66 points or by 1.61 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24806.65 up by 270.05 points or by 1.1 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80605.15 and intraday low of 79016.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24839.9 and intraday low of 24388.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3257.00,+4.93%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1561.00,+4.12%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4985.00,+3.18%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 780.80,+2.74%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1310.40,+2.44%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 258.45,-0.98%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 393.10,-0.44%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1429.20,-0.20%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5432.30,-0.10%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2492.80,-0.01%), among others.
Bankex index was at 66213.79 up by 1169.25 points or by 1.8%. YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 17.40,+7.01%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1561.00,+4.12%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 780.80,+2.74%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1310.40,+2.44%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 475.45,+1.71%),.
CGS index was at 69955.99 down by -1476.29 points or by -2.07%. Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 2725.70,-17.96%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 14006.05,-10.30%), Astral Ltd. (Rs. 1252.15,-9.67%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3776.20,-5.00%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 770.85,-4.77%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4724 , shares advanced were 1649 while 2858 shares declined and 217 were unchanged.