Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session tracking positive global market cues as fears related to the banking crisis in the West seemed to subside.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 58086.34 up by 457.39 points or by 0.79 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17098.5 up by 110.1 points or by 0.65 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 58116.42 and intraday low of 57730.09 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17113.95 and intraday low of 17016
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2264.30,+2.85%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5702.20,+2.73%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 856.00,+2.25%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2514.85,+2.18%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 852.60,+1.92%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 223.75,-1.65%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2472.90,-1.50%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1097.00,-1.08%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3114.65,-0.85%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1159.20,-0.72%), among others.
CDS index was at 38120.9 up by 645.82 points or by 1.72%. Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 294.30,+4.68%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1205.15,+2.80%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2514.85,+2.18%), Rajesh Exports Ltd. (Rs. 654.00,+1.24%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 218.20,+1.21%),.
IT index was at 28042.18 down by -185.99 points or by -0.66%. Cerebra Integrated Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 9.32,-4.02%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 18.13,-2.32%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 3440.00,-2.30%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 4467.85,-1.76%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 564.15,-1.69%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3826 , shares advanced were 2132 while 1521 shares declined and 173 were unchanged.