Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Wednesday mirroring a rally in global markets amid signs of easing tensions in the Middle East following a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82578.47 up by 523.36 points or by 0.64 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25214.05 up by 169.7 points or by 0.68 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82654.71 and intraday low of 82339.57 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25217.4 and intraday low of 25125.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3598.90,+2.09%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2419.45,+2.08%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1959.20,+1.37%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 258.50,+1.33%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1713.20,+1.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2202.95,-0.92%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1217.70,-0.26%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 330.25,-0.11%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1422.50,-0.10%), among others.
TECk index was at 18543.85 up by 189.81 points or by 1.03%. Network18 Media & Investments Ltd. (Rs. 59.29,+10.37%), Hughes Ispat Ltd. (Rs. 66.82,+5.00%), HFCL Ltd. (Rs. 86.20,+3.01%), Just Dial Ltd. (Rs. 909.50,+2.76%), Route Mobile Ltd. (Rs. 984.80,+2.00%),.
CGS index was at 70941.52 down by -145.73 points or by -0.21%. Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 412.30,-1.49%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3120.60,-1.18%), Timken India Ltd. (Rs. 3353.05,-1.03%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3428.95,-0.89%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4847.50,-0.78%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3864 , shares advanced were 2738 while 917 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.