Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. , Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Titan Company Ltd.Tata Steel Ltd.Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60681.75 up by 397.44 points or by 0.66 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18155.1 up by 163.15 points or by 0.91 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60751.12 and intraday low of 60452.29 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18162.7 and intraday low of 18050.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 938.50,+5.50%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 201.30,+4.14%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2574.05,+3.20%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1366.75,+2.84%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1756.40,+2.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 7521.85,-2.22%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2648.10,-1.01%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 19268.95,-0.75%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 3968.00,-0.26%), State Bank of India (Rs. 482.05,-0.22%), among others.
Auto index was at 26577.57 up by 843.86 points or by 3.28%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 497.30,+18.18%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 938.00,+5.44%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 146.20,+5.07%), Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (Rs. 252.10,+2.83%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2625.00,+1.29%),.
Realty index was at 4231.71 down by -9.14 points or by -0.22%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 833.95,-2.50%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 462.20,-1.90%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 967.90,-0.94%), Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (Rs. 276.40,-0.86%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 459.75,-0.45%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3573 , shares advanced were 1954 while 1447 shares declined and 172 were unchanged.