Indian stock markets opened higher today, tracking mixed global cues amid muted domestic triggers.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81441.54 up by 489.55 points or by 0.6 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24746.9 up by 137.2 points or by 0.56 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81470.37 and intraday low of 80897 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24751.75 and intraday low of 24614.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 235.05,+2.55%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1575.00,+1.67%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1589.80,+1.46%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 431.65,+1.30%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1654.55,+1.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1666.00,-3.14%), among others.
IT index was at 37084.59 up by 469.25 points or by 1.28%. Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1098.20,+17.02%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 78.09,+4.80%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 858.00,+4.47%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 4552.85,+2.03%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1558.00,+2.00%),.
_HCS index was at 42378.72 down by -137.94 points or by -0.32%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 910.00,-6.22%), Themis Medicare Ltd. (Rs. 136.45,-3.30%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1668.05,-3.02%), Indoco Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 237.65,-2.08%), Syncom Formulation (India) Ltd. (Rs. 19.32,-1.93%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3180 , shares advanced were 1966 while 1054 shares declined and 160 were unchanged.