Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 edged higher during the noon trading session on Thursday amid positive market sentiment.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83276.21 up by 520.7 points or by 0.63 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25396.4 up by 151.65 points or by 0.6 %.
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. 948.50,+2.19%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1421.35,+2.08%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 262.55,+1.45%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1229.15,+1.35%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2005.10,+1.26%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1658.00,-0.75%), State Bank of India (Rs. 795.00,-0.64%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1695.05,-0.55%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3203.00,-0.39%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3433.25,-0.36%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 27298 up by 220.41 points or by 0.81%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 324.95,+1.71%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 414.25,+1.51%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 143.60,+1.09%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1483.10,+1.08%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 639.15,+0.83%),.
Realty index was at 7765.59 down by -148.98 points or by -1.88%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1700.00,-2.83%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1487.30,-2.45%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1426.15,-2.17%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 836.05,-2.15%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1136.45,-1.76%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4131 , shares advanced were 1951 while 1991 shares declined and 189 were unchanged.