Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Reliance Industries Ltd., Titan Company Ltd, Bajaj Finance Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd.ICICI Bank Ltd among others.

At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57835.14 up by 206.19 points or by 0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17045.45 up by 57.05 points or by 0.34 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 57976.52 and intraday low of 57730.09 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17086.15 and intraday low of 17016

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2262.00,+2.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2513.80,+2.14%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5662.00,+2.01%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2204.35,+1.20%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 845.45,+1.07%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 223.05,-1.96%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1093.45,-1.40%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2481.00,-1.18%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 375.30,-0.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1082.15,-0.86%), among others.

CDS index was at 38050.83 up by 575.75 points or by 1.54%. Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 293.70,+4.46%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2514.10,+2.15%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1194.65,+1.90%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 218.40,+1.30%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1455.40,+0.50%),.

_IT index was at 28031.36 down by -196.81 points or by -0.7%. Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4465.00,-1.82%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 3463.95,-1.62%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 268.70,-1.50%), Cerebra Integrated Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 9.58,-1.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1094.45,-1.31%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3652 , shares advanced were 2017 while 1454 shares declined and 181 were unchanged.