Indian markets continued to gain strength during the late noon trading session helped by gains in metal and financial stocks.
Meanwhile, rupee ended on July 9 at 74.99 per US dollar against Wednesday's close of 75.01 per US dollar.
At 14:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 36679.16 up by 350.15 points or by 0.96 % and then NSE Nifty was at 10807.3 up by 101.55 points or by 0.95 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 36750.9 and intraday low of 36422.3 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 10816.2 and intraday low of 10733
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 3353.25,+4.67%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 345.75,+3.46%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 1944.70,+3.19%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 589.70,+2.62%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 453.00,+1.99%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 2674.05,-1.63%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 5952.60,-1.50%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 80.45,-1.35%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs.
577.75,-1.04%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 194.65,-0.82%), among others.
Among the sectors, Metal index was at 7605.92 up by 171.64 points or by 2.31%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 164.20,+5.94%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 164.90,+5.37%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 36.90,+4.38%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 345.75,+3.46%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 36.80,+2.94%),.
_FMCG index was at 11303.21 down by -54.6 points or by -0.48%. Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd. (Rs. 9.63,-4.94%), Future Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 12.00,-4.76%), Sanwaria Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 2.82,-4.73%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. (Rs. 6.46,-3.29%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 10611.55,-3.29%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2949 , shares advanced were 1453 while 1320 shares declined and 175 were unchanged.