Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading marginally up on Tuesday in-tandem with a rally in Asian markets, optimism around US-China trade talks and foreign fund inflows.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82478.76 up by 33.55 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25158.8 up by 55.6 points or by 0.22 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82680.79 and intraday low of 82240.4 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25199.3 and intraday low of 25055.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1616.50,+2.40%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 852.50,+1.91%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11455.00,+1.74%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2167.00,+1.33%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 727.00,+1.28%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1996.30,-1.03%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1421.00,-0.97%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2229.50,-0.84%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 255.15,-0.66%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1968.90,-0.49%), among others.
IT index was at 37724.49 up by 511.92 points or by 1.38%. Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1716.60,+3.77%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 334.40,+3.53%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1856.00,+3.48%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 218.45,+3.43%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1926.20,+3.12%),.
_Bankex index was at 63946.86 down by -48.75 points or by -0.08%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1421.00,-0.97%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1968.90,-0.49%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 20.97,-0.24%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 247.60,-0.18%), State Bank of India (Rs. 819.40,-0.08%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3914 , shares advanced were 2343 while 1372 shares declined and 199 were unchanged.