Domestic bourses continued to gain strength during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Eternal Ltd.Tata Motors Ltd Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80609.74 up by 374.15 points or by 0.47 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24637.55 up by 150.15 points or by 0.61 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80683.74 and intraday low of 80319 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24664.55 and intraday low of 24535.25
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 312.70,+2.21%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3294.45,+1.79%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 664.25,+1.58%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 288.60,+1.39%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1641.60,+1.21%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 774.45,-1.04%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1321.20,-0.67%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 414.70,-0.41%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3474.80,-0.32%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12437.20,-0.13%), among others.
HCS index was at 44597.46 up by 772.58 points or by 1.76%. Windlas Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 1062.20,+11.06%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (Rs. 7749.50,+7.09%), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 2765.00,+6.80%), Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 515.55,+6.42%), Vimta Labs Ltd. (Rs. 646.00,+6.04%),.
FMCG index was at 20268.24 down by 4.72 points or by 0.02%. Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 1360.50,-4.98%), HMA Agro Industries Ltd. (Rs. 30.50,-4.60%), DCM Shriram Industries Ltd. (Rs. 161.20,-4.50%), Flair Writing Industries Ltd (Rs. 313.15,-2.93%), Radico Khaitan Ltd. (Rs. 2826.90,-2.35%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4337 , shares advanced were 2306 while 1860 shares declined and 171 were unchanged.