Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Thursday, taking their winning momentum to the third day running, amid optimism following a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83173.08 up by 417.57 points or by 0.5 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25373.7 up by 128.95 points or by 0.51 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83380.98 and intraday low of 82816.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25437.9 and intraday low of 25259.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 945.00,+1.81%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1998.90,+1.70%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11911.65,+1.52%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 262.50,+1.43%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 335.05,+1.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1693.55,-0.63%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3426.40,-0.56%), State Bank of India (Rs. 795.80,-0.54%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1609.05,-0.40%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3204.20,-0.35%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 27432.73 up by 355.14 points or by 1.31%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 424.00,+3.90%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 328.20,+2.72%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 144.85,+1.97%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1482.50,+1.04%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 299.20,+0.84%),.
Realty index was at 7791.29 down by -123.28 points or by -1.56%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1426.00,-2.18%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 837.50,-1.98%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1716.80,-1.87%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1142.05,-1.28%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1963.80,-1.24%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3802 , shares advanced were 1979 while 1616 shares declined and 207 were unchanged.