Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back after falling in opening trade on Wednesday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and buying in blue-chip stocks Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank.
At 10:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81624.51 up by 41.21 points or by 0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24916.95 up by 63.55 points or by 0.26 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81858.97 and intraday low of 81304.1 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24947.55 and intraday low of 24776.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 853.25,+5.45%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3062.50,+1.82%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12822.85,+1.81%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 249.65,+0.95%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 929.75,+0.74%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3483.00,-0.92%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1381.70,-0.72%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2122.00,-0.69%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1629.20,-0.67%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 333.40,-0.58%), among others.
Auto index was at 52654.19 up by 572.05 points or by 1.1%. UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1078.40,+2.93%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3062.50,+1.82%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12822.85,+1.81%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 5427.70,+1.64%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 8595.00,+1.18%),.
IT index was at 38437.66 down by -216.69 points or by -0.56%. Subex Ltd. (Rs. 13.98,-1.96%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1905.65,-1.85%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 201.00,-1.81%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 395.00,-1.74%), Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 656.10,-1.73%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3771 , shares advanced were 2014 while 1510 shares declined and 247 were unchanged.