Indian stock markets were trading higher on Monday amid buying in index heavyweights including Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Bajaj Finance Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd. IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bajaj Finserv Ltd.among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark was trading 82431.29 up by 242.3 points or by 0.29 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25097.9 up by 94.85 points or by 0.38 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82669 and intraday low of 82369.24 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25160.1 and intraday low of 25077.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2137.95,+3.17%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9620.00,+2.63%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1220.70,+2.13%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 837.00,+1.68%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2018.95,+1.49%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 256.00,-2.27%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1437.35,-1.52%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3081.75,-0.75%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3537.35,-0.67%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1863.35,-0.32%), among others.
Power index was at 6913.49 up by 92.15 points or by 1.35%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 537.05,+2.72%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3378.00,+2.45%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 91.31,+2.26%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 6180.00,+2.08%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 406.50,+1.74%),.
Realty index was at 8056.92 down by -12.37 points or by -0.15%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1250.35,-2.13%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1653.80,-1.59%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1895.00,-0.54%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1709.90,-0.42%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1511.25,-0.30%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4521 , shares advanced were 2873 while 1474 shares declined and 174 were unchanged.