Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Infosys Ltd. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.and Bajaj Finance Ltd. among others.
At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77503.38 up by 761.56 points or by 0.99 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24183.25 up by 220.45 points or by 0.92 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77588.08 and intraday low of 77320.56 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24226.05 and intraday low of 24120.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1453.95,+2.09%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1071.45,+2.04%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1835.65,+2.02%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5329.00,+1.92%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1020.90,+1.75%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 288.75,-1.20%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1912.50,-0.93%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 281.30,-0.23%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1937.70,-0.06%), among others.
Realty index was at 7262.09 up by 177.62 points or by 2.51%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 559.10,+4.89%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2115.85,+4.21%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 687.30,+4.14%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1926.45,+2.81%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1722.45,+2.81%),.
FMCG index was at 18382.6 down by -8.87 points or by -0.05%. VST Industries Ltd. (Rs. 248.55,-6.15%), Foods & Inns Ltd. (Rs. 60.60,-3.19%), Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 628.70,-2.96%), Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd. (Rs. 649.30,-2.62%), Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd. (Rs. 155.55,-2.08%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4415 , shares advanced were 2828 while 1349 shares declined and 238 were unchanged.