Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 percent on Friday, driven by strong buying in heavyweight stocks such as Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, and ITC.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 81721.08 up by 769.09 points or by 0.95 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24853.15 up by 243.45 points or by 0.99 %.
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. 237.45,+3.60%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 298.05,+2.42%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 436.30,+2.39%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2413.50,+2.14%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2041.70,+2.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1683.25,-2.14%), among others.
_FMCG index was at 20659.18 up by 303.54 points or by 1.49%. Honasa Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 330.20,+19.88%), Andrew Yule & Company Ltd. (Rs. 31.60,+7.12%), Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 896.95,+5.21%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 10600.00,+4.91%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 103.37,+4.05%),.
_HCS index was at 42514.21 down by -2.45 points or by -0.01%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 918.60,-5.33%), Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd. (Rs. 302.55,-4.20%), Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 2195.00,-3.92%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 207.80,-3.48%), Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 553.90,-2.76%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4309 , shares advanced were 2459 while 1667 shares declined and 183 were unchanged.