The Nifty50 and the Sensex were trading higher tracking gains in consumer durables and auto stocks, while traders monitored fresh tension between the US and Iran.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76988.08 up by 484.48 points or by 0.63 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24065.2 up by 183.15 points or by 0.77 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77326.65 and intraday low of 76576.14 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24134.7 and intraday low of 23927.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1935.90,+2.54%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1935.85,+2.43%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5226.20,+1.96%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1889.15,+1.86%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11570.00,+1.86%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1054.30,-1.41%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13820.65,-0.88%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2046.80,-0.57%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1304.60,-0.52%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 347.00,-0.50%), among others.
Realty index was at 7031.03 up by 199.46 points or by 2.92%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 521.20,+4.52%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2111.40,+4.41%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1402.55,+3.77%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 563.00,+3.41%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 651.30,+2.77%),.
IT index was at 26727.25 down by -15.21 points or by -0.06%. Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1054.30,-1.41%), Capillary Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 506.45,-0.99%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 549.80,-0.81%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 447.70,-0.72%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 10944.55,-0.60%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4393 , shares advanced were 2982 while 1157 shares declined and 254 were unchanged.