Strong global mood propelled domestic markets higher in Friday's trade, led by gains across index-heavyweights like SBI, Reliance Industries, NTPC, HCL Technologies, Bharti Airtel, among others.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 59661.26 up by 751.91 points or by 1.28 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17523.7 up by 201.8 points or by 1.16 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 59700.21 and intraday low of 59231.58 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17528.25 and intraday low of 17427.7
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 557.20,+4.38%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 174.70,+2.40%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 224.75,+2.07%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2653.25,+1.96%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 870.15,+1.90%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7225.00,-0.89%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2815.50,-0.64%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 18480.00,-0.05%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 965.00,-0.02%), among others.
Power index was at 3411.1 up by 74.7 points or by 2.24%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 245.80,+7.31%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 562.00,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 743.75,+5.00%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 169.45,+4.99%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 174.70,+2.40%),.
_HCS index was at 21709.84 down by 40.7 points or by 0.19%. Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 495.05,-1.62%), Sanofi India Ltd. (Rs. 5740.00,-1.18%), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 459.45,-0.80%), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 1959.60,-0.77%), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 416.05,-0.75%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3419 , shares advanced were 2242 while 1047 shares declined and 130 were unchanged.