Indian equities edged higher in opening trade amid mixed global cues.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80654.5 up by 114.59 points or by 0.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24634.55 up by 15.2 points or by 0.06 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80693.98 and intraday low of 80489.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24664.35 and intraday low of 24604.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1448.00,+1.54%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12917.55,+0.68%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1992.00,+0.64%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2509.60,+0.37%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1920.00,+0.33%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.35,-1.75%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1305.30,-1.09%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.40,-0.75%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12339.00,-0.47%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1378.00,-0.34%), among others.
IT index was at 34286.66 up by 238.3 points or by 0.7%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 915.55,+7.06%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 14.01,+4.94%), Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 1027.55,+2.57%), Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 382.60,+1.99%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1245.00,+1.82%),.
Metal index was at 30747.97 down by -373.26 points or by -1.2%. NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 69.56,-4.19%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 430.50,-1.84%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.35,-1.75%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 121.90,-1.73%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 979.60,-1.54%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3330 , shares advanced were 1653 while 1523 shares declined and 154 were unchanged.