Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including HCL Technologies Ltd. , Infosys Ltd. , Nestle India Ltd.Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. among others.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57887.03 up by 252.19 points or by 0.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17067.45 up by 81.85 points or by 0.48 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58178.94 and intraday low of 57825.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17145.8 and intraday low of 17049.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1097.00,+2.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1436.65,+2.17%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 18810.00,+1.99%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2215.25,+1.90%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1690.25,+1.58%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 374.00,-1.97%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 740.65,-0.69%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 964.10,-0.33%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3176.60,-0.26%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2889.20,-0.20%), among others.
Realty index was at 3167.02 up by 65.44 points or by 2.11%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1272.00,+3.67%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 373.10,+3.64%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 406.85,+1.66%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 58.14,+1.63%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1119.75,+1.61%),.
_FMCG index was at 16151.41 down by -38.98 points or by -0.24%. Future Consumer Ltd. (Rs. 0.62,-4.62%), Patanjali Foods Ltd. (Rs. 906.00,-3.42%), BCL Industries Ltd. (Rs. 410.95,-2.27%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. (Rs. 340.00,-2.27%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 374.00,-1.97%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3350 , shares advanced were 2204 while 996 shares declined and 150 were unchanged.