Indian equities were trading in green during the noon trading session amid some buying seen in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finance, Infosys Ltd. , Hindustan Unilever ICICI Bank Ltd and HCL Technologies Ltd among others
At 14:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83389.47 up by 150 points or by 0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25454.55 up by 49.25 points or by 0.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83441.95 and intraday low of 83015.83 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25458.65 and intraday low of 25331.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 924.85,+1.55%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1638.60,+1.26%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2338.05,+1.12%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1441.25,+1.06%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1726.25,+0.91%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 163.00,-1.72%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1655.50,-1.04%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12643.00,-0.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3157.55,-0.54%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 858.00,-0.52%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 28281.67 up by 277.89 points or by 0.99%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 343.70,+3.76%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 225.95,+3.08%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 151.20,+2.30%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 441.95,+1.26%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 245.00,+0.41%),.
Metal index was at 31840.76 down by -160.67 points or by -0.5%. Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 680.55,-2.45%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 163.00,-1.72%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 134.85,-1.14%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1714.50,-0.86%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 68.75,-0.49%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4355 , shares advanced were 2276 while 1901 shares declined and 178 were unchanged.