Indian benchmark indices were trading higher on Thursday as the sectoral indices are trading with marginal gains.
At 9:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60267.83 up by 238.77 points or by 0.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17982.3 up by 93.35 points or by 0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60361.82 and intraday low of 60193.44 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17988.75 and intraday low of 17935.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1872.00,+3.07%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7839.75,+1.69%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1514.90,+1.64%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2102.70,+1.22%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 761.75,+0.77%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 803.00,-1.42%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2445.65,-0.31%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1603.25,-0.21%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2415.50,-0.08%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 225.50,-0.04%), among others.
Realty index was at 4396.7 up by 132.2 points or by 3.1%. Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1046.75,+7.76%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 930.00,+7.28%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2444.75,+4.06%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1047.95,+3.77%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 181.15,+2.61%),.
CDS index was at 44403.59 down by -85.23 points or by -0.19%. Orient Electric Ltd. (Rs. 374.00,-2.69%), Vaibhav Global Ltd. (Rs. 566.40,-2.60%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1022.10,-0.92%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 474.20,-0.78%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1212.65,-0.69%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2948 , shares advanced were 1839 while 978 shares declined and 131 were unchanged.