Indian stock markets are gradually gaining momentum in today's session, despite the absence of clear directional cues.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81688.15 up by 501.71 points or by 0.62 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24771.75 up by 87.85 points or by 0.36 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81702.82 and intraday low of 81255.73 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24776.1 and intraday low of 24692.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1740.80,+1.96%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3098.10,+1.25%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1937.65,+1.22%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2382.00,+1.01%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2364.85,+0.99%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 775.05,-0.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 226.40,-0.81%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2079.00,-0.47%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1383.50,-0.03%), among others.
HCS index was at 42830.68 up by 627.43 points or by 1.49%. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 2983.50,+7.04%), Gland Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 1561.60,+4.38%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 988.95,+4.16%), IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 82.24,+3.68%), Morepen Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 64.89,+3.33%),.
CDS index was at 58777.22 down by -245.74 points or by -0.42%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 15513.10,-6.36%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 270.90,-2.13%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 345.80,-0.09%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3252 , shares advanced were 2101 while 981 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.