Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Bajaj Finance Ltd. Bajaj Finserv Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd.Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 57874.99 up by 261.27 points or by 0.45 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17036.55 up by 84.85 points or by 0.5 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 57900.74 and intraday low of 57569.36 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17042.75 and intraday low of 16976.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1148.40,+1.80%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5632.95,+1.78%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1240.80,+1.44%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 406.65,+1.23%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2159.05,+1.21%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2231.50,-0.73%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2775.65,-0.29%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1373.50,-0.28%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 102.25,-0.24%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 356.00,-0.08%), among others.
Auto index was at 27824.72 up by 329.38 points or by 1.2%. Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 2912.85,+2.13%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 1054.85,+2.03%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 461.50,+1.90%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1148.10,+1.77%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 2287.00,+1.68%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 17191.16 down by 17.57 points or by 0.1%. Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 903.00,-0.82%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2232.50,-0.69%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 436.25,-0.03%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3344 , shares advanced were 2158 while 1055 shares declined and 131 were unchanged.