Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by gains across index-heavyweights like HDFC Twins, Asian Paints, Tata Consultancy Services, among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60377.6 up by 568.63 points or by 0.95 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17759.5 up by 165.15 points or by 0.94 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 60498.48 and intraday low of 60005.65 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17799.95 and intraday low of 17671.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 228.00,+2.68%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 176.95,+2.55%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1389.40,+2.52%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1516.30,+2.47%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 436.90,+2.08%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1123.45,-0.25%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 868.20,-0.07%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 106.90,-0.05%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1750.55,-0.01%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7213.05,-0.01%), among others.
Power index was at 3473.45 up by 83.63 points or by 2.47%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 262.00,+7.97%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 590.10,+5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 780.90,+4.99%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 177.90,+4.99%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 228.00,+2.68%),.
Realty index was at 3281.06 down by -16.59 points or by -0.5%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 996.85,-3.32%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 886.55,-0.46%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 565.00,-0.45%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 358.70,-0.43%), Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (Rs. 359.95,-0.36%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3806 , shares advanced were 2314 while 1298 shares declined and 194 were unchanged.