Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including IndusInd Bank Ltd. Asian Paints Ltd. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.UltraTech Cement LtdReliance Industries Ltd. among others.

At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83996.71 up by 240.84 points or by 0.29 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25614.15 up by 65.15 points or by 0.26 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 84047.67 and intraday low of 83645.41 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25649.35 and intraday low of 25523.55

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 861.20,+3.03%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2347.55,+2.55%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 298.55,+1.76%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12148.30,+1.70%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1516.55,+1.43%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 262.00,-1.19%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1671.20,-1.17%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 942.00,-0.99%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1223.75,-0.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3196.20,-0.60%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27915.26 up by 329.39 points or by 1.19%. Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 684.45,+6.00%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 438.90,+4.44%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 213.55,+2.52%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 190.60,+2.01%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1516.55,+1.43%),.

Realty index was at 7729.34 down by -103.04 points or by -1.32%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1576.90,-3.03%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1929.75,-2.68%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1417.90,-1.59%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1676.95,-1.29%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1115.05,-1.17%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4313 , shares advanced were 2358 while 1754 shares declined and 201 were unchanged.