Indian benchmark indices bounced back in green during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Tata Steel Ltd, ITC Ltd, Titan Company Ltd.IndusInd Bank Ltd.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80283.71 up by 125.83 points or by 0.16 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24640.8 up by 61.2 points or by 0.25 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80344.98 and intraday low of 80004.6 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24648.45 and intraday low of 24533.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 166.60,+5.14%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 413.10,+1.59%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3673.85,+1.55%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 760.80,+1.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3265.15,+0.97%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1477.40,-1.32%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1050.05,-0.54%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 334.60,-0.48%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3097.85,-0.46%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1881.10,-0.41%), among others.
Metal index was at 32052.18 up by 875.06 points or by 2.81%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 166.80,+5.27%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1020.55,+4.68%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 128.60,+4.51%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 208.10,+3.87%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1075.80,+3.09%),.
_IT index was at 34718.75 down by -260.88 points or by -0.75%. Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 775.00,-2.37%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 619.30,-2.32%), Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 961.75,-2.27%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 611.90,-1.85%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1630.00,-1.57%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4235 , shares advanced were 2598 while 1465 shares declined and 172 were unchanged.