Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 14:28 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81272.87 up by 549.93 points or by 0.68 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24943.2 up by 117.75 points or by 0.47 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81347.59 and intraday low of 80387.25 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24984.45 and intraday low of 24679.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 267.70,+6.63%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1391.00,+3.87%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1380.00,+2.53%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3447.80,+2.51%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3907.30,+2.47%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1622.55,-2.24%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1308.90,-2.20%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3930.15,-1.51%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3682.50,-1.31%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 896.20,-0.80%), among others.
Power index was at 6326.34 up by 94.95 points or by 1.52%. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.05,+6.77%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 832.80,+3.40%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 18730.00,+3.39%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3067.00,+2.89%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1331.60,+2.66%),.
IT index was at 36466.54 down by -391.72 points or by -1.06%. Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 318.00,-8.46%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 825.80,-6.48%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1120.20,-5.00%), Rashi Peripherals Ltd. (Rs. 349.20,-4.45%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 175.85,-4.20%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4511 , shares advanced were 1528 while 2794 shares declined and 189 were unchanged.