Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Eternal Ltd, ITC Ltd., Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.Infosys Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81831.66 up by 879.67 points or by 1.09 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24869.5 up by 259.8 points or by 1.06 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81905.17 and intraday low of 80897 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24909.05 and intraday low of 24614.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 238.75,+4.17%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 437.55,+2.69%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 298.25,+2.49%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1397.05,+1.82%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1577.30,+1.81%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1672.60,-2.76%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12444.95,-0.01%), among others.
FMCG index was at 20682.57 up by 326.93 points or by 1.61%. Honasa Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 317.05,+15.10%), Andrew Yule & Company Ltd. (Rs. 31.55,+6.95%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 10475.50,+3.67%), Varun Beverages Ltd. (Rs. 485.85,+3.30%), KRBL Ltd. (Rs. 363.15,+2.72%),.
_HCS index was at 42433.34 down by -83.32 points or by -0.2%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 872.85,-10.05%), Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 2207.90,-3.36%), Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd. (Rs. 305.50,-3.26%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1672.70,-2.75%), Sastasundar Ventures Ltd. (Rs. 263.35,-2.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4085 , shares advanced were 2343 while 1553 shares declined and 189 were unchanged.