Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in Metal, IT, and realty indices.
At 12:52 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 61079.63 up by 342.58 points or by 0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18284.6 up by 122.85 points or by 0.68 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 61216.26 and intraday low of 61014.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18323.2 and intraday low of 18254.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1444.00,+2.91%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 256.30,+2.79%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 150.20,+2.63%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1797.55,+2.60%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 203.70,+2.11%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1165.00,-1.59%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3620.00,-0.99%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7856.00,-0.90%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 684.90,-0.76%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3300.40,-0.64%), among others.
CGS index was at 27368.21 up by 428.06 points or by 1.59%. Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd. (Rs. 8957.00,+7.99%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1797.55,+2.60%), AIA Engineering Ltd. (Rs. 1887.15,+1.95%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 1420.05,+1.82%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 1841.75,+1.79%),.
Auto index was at 26493.01 down by -130.88 points or by -0.49%. Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (Rs. 249.10,-1.79%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 2855.00,-1.71%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 144.10,-1.60%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 501.55,-1.03%), MRF Ltd. (Rs. 85452.15,-0.78%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3611 , shares advanced were 1869 while 1556 shares declined and 186 were unchanged.