Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd.Eternal Ltd.Infosys Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd.among others.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80341.18 up by 531.53 points or by 0.67 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24600.95 up by 174.1 points or by 0.71 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80374.19 and intraday low of 79818.38 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24620.9 and intraday low of 24432.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3302.85,+3.27%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 689.45,+3.09%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 321.95,+2.47%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1500.00,+2.08%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2569.25,+2.06%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1563.60,-1.91%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 405.75,-0.98%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3615.20,-0.37%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2652.35,-0.29%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1354.20,-0.21%), among others.
Auto index was at 57431.97 up by 1472.12 points or by 2.63%. Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3137.95,+5.95%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 8970.00,+3.93%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 96.36,+3.85%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 409.55,+3.41%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3304.30,+3.32%),.
FMCG index was at 20638.07 down by 27.43 points or by 0.13%. Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (Rs. 10606.00,-3.53%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 263.10,-2.50%), Manorama Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1325.00,-2.17%), United Breweries Ltd. (Rs. 1810.30,-2.08%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 1358.20,-1.67%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4506 , shares advanced were 2891 while 1393 shares declined and 222 were unchanged.