The key benchmark indices managed to hover near the highs of the day on the back of buying support in select index heavyweights like - HDFC, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys.
Bharti Airtel gained up 2.5 per cent, after the telecom major beat market estimates, aided by improved operational performance and exceptional income to report a consolidated net of Rs 1,134 crore for the September quarter.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60274.17 up by 245.11 points or by 0.41 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17968.75 up by 79.8 points or by 0.45 %.
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. 1889.95,+4.06%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7830.10,+1.56%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2105.50,+1.36%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1505.50,+1.01%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1712.15,+0.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 801.00,-1.67%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2435.45,-0.72%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 185.05,-0.32%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 225.00,-0.27%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2411.50,-0.25%), among others.
CGS index was at 27895.25 up by 675.79 points or by 2.48%. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1889.95,+4.06%), Finolex Cables Ltd. (Rs. 486.80,+2.81%), Schaeffler India Ltd. (Rs. 7730.00,+2.66%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 2108.95,+2.31%), SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 3367.25,+2.17%),.
CDS index was at 44268.16 down by -220.66 points or by -0.5%. Vaibhav Global Ltd. (Rs. 568.05,-2.31%), Orient Electric Ltd. (Rs. 376.55,-2.03%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1020.15,-1.11%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 2076.85,-1.00%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1209.15,-0.97%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3218 , shares advanced were 1865 while 1199 shares declined and 154 were unchanged.