The markets opened with nominal gains on Thursday tracking mixed global sentiment.
Among the Sensex-30 shares, PowerGrid, Reliance, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank and Infosys led gains. Adani Ports, Tata Motors and Britannia were the additional winners on the Nifty.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 53330.63 up by 303.66 points or by 0.57 % and then NSE Nifty was at 15876.75 up by 77.65 points or by 0.49 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 53377.54 and intraday low of 52897.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15879.6 and intraday low of 15769.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 637.60,+1.89%), State Bank of India (Rs. 467.40,+1.73%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1660.95,+1.14%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 890.00,+0.97%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 709.75,+0.97%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 1927.60,-0.43%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 685.00,-0.36%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 17455.20,-0.25%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 5619.35,-0.08%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 273.80,-0.07%), among others.
Power index was at 4079.61 up by 44.5 points or by 1.1%. Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 2457.55,+4.64%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1922.00,+0.91%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 213.35,+0.85%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 217.45,+0.55%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 2417.05,+0.50%),.
Realty index was at 3097.55 down by -6.89 points or by -0.22%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1190.65,-1.59%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1200.15,-0.90%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 396.85,-0.36%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 738.75,-0.16%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2779 , shares advanced were 1841 while 822 shares declined and 116 were unchanged.