Domestic bourses bounced back in green during the noon trading session amid buying seen in the bank and power stocks.
At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 53125.9 up by 98.93 points or by 0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 15838.4 up by 39.3 points or by 0.25 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 53377.54 and intraday low of 52890.79 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15890 and intraday low of 15734.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 467.40,+1.73%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 636.50,+1.71%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1661.20,+1.15%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1562.05,+0.91%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 709.00,+0.86%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 974.20,-1.43%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5433.25,-1.40%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 869.70,-1.33%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1007.40,-1.33%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 799.00,-1.06%), among others.
Power index was at 4073.98 up by 38.87 points or by 0.96%. Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 2473.00,+5.30%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 1929.00,+1.28%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 142.90,+0.70%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 212.05,+0.24%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 31.05,+0.16%),.
Metal index was at 15639.27 down by -258.89 points or by -1.63%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 223.85,-3.55%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 852.85,-2.88%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 330.90,-2.88%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 184.40,-2.20%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 69.00,-1.50%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3562 , shares advanced were 1508 while 1857 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.