Equity benchmark indices were trading higher on Monday tracking a rally in Asian markets after two days of sharp decline.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81516.51 up by 397.91 points or by 0.49 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24825.95 up by 107.35 points or by 0.43 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81570.67 and intraday low of 81012.31 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24832.45 and intraday low of 24703.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 289.70,+1.40%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3635.30,+1.31%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1866.00,+1.29%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1716.50,+1.28%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11360.40,+1.25%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 681.30,-4.32%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1675.50,-0.78%), State Bank of India (Rs. 786.95,-0.69%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1402.10,-0.22%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3416.00,-0.22%), among others.
TECk index was at 18340.38 up by 145.87 points or by 0.8%. HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1715.10,+1.19%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1863.20,+1.14%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3485.00,+1.10%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1365.30,+0.93%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1674.20,+0.92%),.
CDS index was at 56945.68 down by -164.66 points or by -0.29%. Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1306.35,-1.70%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 4294.00,-1.33%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 14209.00,-0.74%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 73.64,-0.37%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1640.00,-0.28%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4014 , shares advanced were 1287 while 2458 shares declined and 269 were unchanged.