Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finance Ltd.Axis Bank Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd. and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82154.88 up by 712.84 points or by 0.88 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25016.6 up by 265.7 points or by 1.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82299.89 and intraday low of 81140.11 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25029.5 and intraday low of 24671.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9359.80,+4.78%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1194.40,+3.09%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12482.70,+2.96%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 823.75,+2.57%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1986.15,+2.19%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.10,-0.57%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1679.10,-0.25%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1874.60,-0.21%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 709.60,-0.07%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1442.30,-0.02%), among others.
Realty index was at 8065.74 up by 361.32 points or by 4.69%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2476.30,+7.11%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 878.85,+6.47%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1720.20,+5.78%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1903.40,+5.71%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1685.55,+5.04%),.
CGS index was at 70879.92 down by -128.5 points or by -0.18%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 18441.35,-5.48%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Rs. 513.00,-2.85%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 682.10,-2.03%), LMW Ltd. (Rs. 16243.95,-1.62%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4994.70,-1.51%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4339 , shares advanced were 2373 while 1788 shares declined and 178 were unchanged.