Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Monday amid easing oil prices and improving global sentiment, with Asian markets also trading higher.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77615.36 up by 701.86 points or by 0.91 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24174.7 up by 177.15 points or by 0.74 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77910.75 and intraday low of 77229.89 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24290.2 and intraday low of 24061.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2348.65,+4.36%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13750.00,+3.28%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1708.10,+3.20%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4107.00,+2.35%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 957.05,+2.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 376.05,-1.72%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1855.90,-1.60%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2450.60,-0.93%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1465.20,-0.60%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1179.05,-0.21%), among others.
Realty index was at 6261.2 up by 133.53 points or by 2.18%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 510.20,+4.69%), Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 48.05,+4.39%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1891.65,+3.10%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 919.05,+2.38%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1465.45,+2.36%),.
TECk index was at 14901.03 down by -122.46 points or by -0.82%. Sun TV Network Ltd. (Rs. 556.50,-8.02%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 393.65,-4.02%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1167.50,-2.38%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1855.90,-1.60%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4223.20,-1.10%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4253 , shares advanced were 2735 while 1268 shares declined and 250 were unchanged.