Indian benchmark index was trading higher during the noon trading session supported by buy buying in index heavyweights including HCL Technologies, JSW Steel Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. ,Infosys Ltd among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 69706.41 up by 184.72 points or by 0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 20948.45 up by 47.3 points or by 0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 69888.33 and intraday low of 69606.69 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 21006.1 and intraday low of 20929.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1363.00,+2.70%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 836.90,+2.14%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1652.40,+1.34%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3403.40,+1.27%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1479.50,+0.91%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1665.15,-1.69%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7299.60,-1.28%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 715.20,-0.93%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 10600.00,-0.87%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 454.45,-0.80%), among others.
IT index was at 33889.04 up by 251.95 points or by 0.75%. Xchanging Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 106.15,+12.45%), Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 788.50,+5.51%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 656.00,+4.99%), MosChip Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 93.30,+4.55%), Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 88.79,+2.99%),.
Power index was at 5634.53 down by -107.39 points or by -1.87%. Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1124.05,-6.14%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1531.30,-5.73%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 530.55,-5.60%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 175.50,-4.20%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 62.83,-2.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3970 , shares advanced were 1871 while 1927 shares declined and 172 were unchanged.