Indian benchmark indices continued to to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. , Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. , Larsen & Toubro Ltd., and IndusInd Bank Ltd. among others.
At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 49575.49 up by 369.02 points or by 0.75 % and then NSE Nifty was at 14955.85 up by 132.7 points or by 0.9 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 49602.64 and intraday low of 49412.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 14959.95 and intraday low of 14892.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 5340.60,+3.23%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 700.50,+3.09%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1382.70,+2.96%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 114.75,+2.91%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 949.00,+2.53%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 6394.45,-1.39%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1339.90,-0.92%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 913.00,-0.35%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 979.25,-0.16%), among others.
Among the sectors, Metal index was at 20270.37 up by 614.89 points or by 3.13%. NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 196.70,+6.38%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 144.35,+5.52%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 420.45,+4.80%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 78.90,+3.88%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 293.55,+3.65%),.
_IT index was at 26672.76 down by -114.16 points or by -0.43%. Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 3199.50,-5.25%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1910.20,-3.22%), Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (Rs. 3653.90,-3.03%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 61.00,-2.48%), Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 128.30,-1.99%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3387 , shares advanced were 2125 while 1031 shares declined and 231 were unchanged.