Indian equity markets opened higher on Monday, supported by positive global cues. Among the top Sensex gainers were Asian Paints, Infosys, Bharat Electronics (BEL), Reliance Industries (RIL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Titan Company, Tata Motors PV, and ITC, which rose up to 1.4% in early trade.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83486.8 up by 270.52 points or by 0.33 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25574.7 up by 82.4 points or by 0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83527.24 and intraday low of 83197.67 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25591.45 and intraday low of 25503.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1500.70,+1.58%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2654.70,+1.38%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 411.10,+1.34%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1494.20,+1.08%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1527.10,+0.98%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.55,-1.27%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3671.30,-0.55%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 304.80,-0.38%), State Bank of India (Rs. 952.75,-0.33%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 181.10,-0.19%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 28887.15 up by 233.7 points or by 0.82%. Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1494.20,+1.08%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 254.65,+1.07%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 170.60,+0.92%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 181.85,+0.75%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 482.60,+0.64%),.
Auto index was at 59817.88 down by 42.57 points or by 0.07%. Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6816.00,-1.03%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2959.60,-0.78%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3671.30,-0.55%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3813 , shares advanced were 1943 while 1660 shares declined and 210 were unchanged.