Equity benchmark indices held nominal gains in Tuesday's early trade tracking positive global market cues as fears related to the banking crisis in the West seemed to subside overnight.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57809.93 up by 180.98 points or by 0.31 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17060.55 up by 72.15 points or by 0.42 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 57963.27 and intraday low of 57767.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17083.3 and intraday low of 17026.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5656.00,+1.90%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2236.05,+1.56%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 765.25,+1.40%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 19154.90,+1.17%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2488.00,+1.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1094.15,-1.33%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 224.95,-1.12%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1084.20,-0.67%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 376.45,-0.61%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 409.30,-0.35%), among others.
CDS index was at 37754.01 up by 278.93 points or by 0.74%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1473.20,+1.73%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 284.75,+1.28%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2488.00,+1.09%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1182.90,+0.90%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1334.75,+0.20%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 17443.45 down by -71.48 points or by -0.41%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 105.40,-4.01%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 826.95,-3.07%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 244.55,-1.21%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 79.95,-0.76%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 151.75,-0.26%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2941 , shares advanced were 1826 while 996 shares declined and 119 were unchanged.