Indian benchmark indices continued bullish momentum on Thursday, with the benchmark inching closer towards their peak level, last hit in September last year.
At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85676.24 up by 489.77 points or by 0.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26218.7 up by 166.05 points or by 0.64 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85801.7 and intraday low of 85201.22 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26246.65 and intraday low of 26063.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2101.35,+2.50%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1028.60,+2.29%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1550.00,+2.06%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1009.55,+1.50%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1453.60,+1.07%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 829.40,-1.24%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2858.10,-1.24%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1644.55,-1.11%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3903.50,-0.74%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2429.55,-0.46%), among others.
CGS index was at 70661 up by 271.48 points or by 0.39%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 22295.00,+2.99%), Cummins India Ltd. (Rs. 4386.40,+2.97%), NBCC (India) Ltd. (Rs. 115.80,+2.48%), LMW Ltd. (Rs. 15584.55,+2.19%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 2965.00,+1.52%),.
_CDS index was at 62495.29 down by -397.67 points or by -0.63%. Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 270.60,-1.33%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15332.00,-1.23%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1190.60,-0.88%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3903.50,-0.74%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3575.50,-0.48%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4489 , shares advanced were 1939 while 2330 shares declined and 220 were unchanged.