Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed on Wednesday following a rally in global markets amid US-China trade talks optimism and foreign fund inflows.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82599.93 up by 208.21 points or by 0.25 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25148.7 up by 44.45 points or by 0.18 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82652.31 and intraday low of 82308.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25158.95 and intraday low of 25081.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1460.45,+1.52%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2024.40,+1.30%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3104.60,+1.22%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11489.45,+0.87%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 342.00,+0.81%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1462.40,-0.81%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 299.10,-0.68%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12477.00,-0.46%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 843.60,-0.32%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2212.95,-0.30%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 27872.74 up by 471.61 points or by 1.72%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 332.25,+3.84%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 419.20,+3.49%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 447.50,+2.33%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 144.80,+1.83%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1460.45,+1.52%),.
CDS index was at 58556.54 down by -131.93 points or by -0.22%. Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 541.80,-1.00%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 4362.10,-0.99%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 14903.05,-0.53%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1312.00,-0.43%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3517.60,-0.21%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3989 , shares advanced were 2486 while 1320 shares declined and 183 were unchanged.