Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade higher on Monday, tracking positive sentiment after India’s economy posted a stronger-than-expected 7.8% growth in April–June, the fastest in five quarters.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80144.74 up by 335.09 points or by 0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24514.7 up by 87.85 points or by 0.36 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80233.22 and intraday low of 79818.38 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24560.85 and intraday low of 24432.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3259.50,+1.92%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1497.05,+1.88%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2556.75,+1.56%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 279.65,+1.56%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1057.85,+1.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1583.75,-0.65%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 408.00,-0.43%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14729.95,-0.41%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1352.15,-0.36%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 949.00,-0.26%), among others.
Power index was at 6480.43 up by 87.68 points or by 1.37%. CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 718.10,+3.45%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 212.50,+2.19%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 78.54,+1.62%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 57.34,+1.61%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 279.65,+1.56%),.
_FMCG index was at 20611.89 down by 1.25 points or by 0.01%
. United Breweries Ltd. (Rs. 1811.05,-2.04%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (Rs. 632.75,-1.39%), Tilaknagar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 467.65,-1.33%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 266.65,-1.19%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 1365.70,-1.13%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4127 , shares advanced were 2768 while 1152 shares declined and 206 were unchanged.