Indian stock markets traded higher on Monday, tracking firm global cues, with gains led by information technology and pharmaceutical stocks.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83728.19 up by 511.91 points or by 0.62 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25638.6 up by 146.3 points or by 0.57 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83737.16 and intraday low of 83197.67 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25651.95 and intraday low of 25503.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1518.45,+2.78%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1539.55,+1.80%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2657.00,+1.47%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 411.20,+1.37%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1498.15,+1.35%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 303.55,-0.78%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.00,-0.74%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3676.70,-0.40%), State Bank of India (Rs. 953.65,-0.24%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 325.60,-0.17%), among others.
IT index was at 35000.58 up by 573.69 points or by 1.67%. Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 725.85,+3.81%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 452.75,+3.73%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1142.50,+2.81%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1518.45,+2.78%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2158.45,+2.67%),.
Realty index was at 7337.52 down by -16.03 points or by -0.22%. Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1033.40,-2.21%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1670.00,-1.83%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1211.65,-1.35%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1760.75,-0.64%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1787.10,-0.38%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4504 , shares advanced were 2080 while 2213 shares declined and 211 were unchanged.