Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Thursday amid buying in blue-chip stocks such as HDFC Bank and TCS, along with a positive trend in the US markets.
At 10:26 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80699.2 up by 159.29 points or by 0.2 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24629.4 up by 10.05 points or by 0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80741.34 and intraday low of 80489.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24672.85 and intraday low of 24604.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1448.70,+1.59%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1937.80,+1.26%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 866.00,+0.65%), State Bank of India (Rs. 827.45,+0.64%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1992.10,+0.64%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.50,-1.65%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1304.95,-1.12%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.40,-0.75%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 659.05,-0.69%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12317.30,-0.64%), among others.
IT index was at 34284.52 up by 236.16 points or by 0.69%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 920.00,+7.58%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 182.60,+3.05%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 414.85,+2.60%), Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 590.85,+1.86%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 937.80,+1.73%),.
Metal index was at 30782.79 down by -338.44 points or by -1.09%. NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 69.79,-3.87%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 121.95,-1.69%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 978.20,-1.68%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 157.50,-1.65%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 187.00,-1.50%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3836 , shares advanced were 1801 while 1830 shares declined and 205 were unchanged.