Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 opened on a positive note on Monday, supported by improving global sentiment. The market gained momentum as tensions between India and Pakistan appeared to ease following a mutual understanding, while renewed progress in US-China trade negotiations further boosted investor confidence.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81395.17 up by 1940.7 points or by 2.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24579.95 up by 571.95 points or by 2.38 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81470.01 and intraday low of 80651.07 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24590.35 and intraday low of 24378.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1360.00,+4.05%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1199.00,+3.96%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 235.45,+3.75%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 148.00,+3.68%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 346.90,+3.68%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1657.35,-5.01%), among others.
In BSE, BSE Realty index was at 6650.85 up by 256.61 points or by 4.01%. DLF Ltd. (Rs. 669.20,+5.97%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2110.20,+5.51%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1300.10,+5.18%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 450.85,+5.18%),
HCS index was at 41080 down by -142.6 points or by -0.35%. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1657.35,-5.01%), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 1130.30,-2.87%), Biocon Ltd. (Rs. 320.95,-2.74%), Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 1049.50,-2.70%), Lupin Ltd. (Rs. 1992.00,-2.25%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3350 , shares advanced were 2941 while 294 shares declined and 115 were unchanged.