The domestic equity indices traded with moderate gains, tracking positive cues from broader Asian markets and firm Wall Street futures.
The market could be volatile due to the monthly expiry of the Nifty F&O series today.
At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81358.5 up by 46.18 points or by 0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24793.8 up by 41.35 points or by 0.17 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81816.89 and intraday low of 81335.63 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24889.7 and intraday low of 24779.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 816.45,+1.45%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 227.10,+1.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1588.10,+1.02%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1680.45,+0.88%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 724.25,+0.88%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2003.40,-0.88%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9209.60,-0.66%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2064.70,-0.44%), State Bank of India (Rs. 793.10,-0.42%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2294.20,-0.37%), among others.
IT index was at 37253.9 up by 231.89 points or by 0.63%. AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1045.20,+5.00%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2347.65,+4.54%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 1137.90,+3.66%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 489.50,+3.37%), Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (Rs. 1349.95,+3.31%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 27210.69 down by -90.45 points or by -0.33%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 192.30,-0.98%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 414.75,-0.79%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 319.20,-0.73%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 143.30,-0.66%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 310.85,-0.54%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3834 , shares advanced were 1806 while 1792 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.