Benchmark equity indices were trading higher in the noon deals amid high anticipation from the two-day Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet, which kicked off today.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at Rs 80445.17 up by 287.29 points or by 0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24667.15 up by 87.55 points or by 0.36 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80458.62 and intraday low of 80004.6 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24673.7 and intraday low of 24533.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 167.75,+5.87%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 767.30,+2.12%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3685.05,+1.85%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 411.50,+1.19%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3271.40,+1.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1476.80,-1.36%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3092.00,-0.65%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 334.20,-0.59%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1194.30,-0.57%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2665.10,-0.44%), among others.
Metal index was at 32092.64 up by 915.52 points or by 2.94%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 167.70,+5.84%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1026.70,+5.31%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 129.25,+5.04%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 206.55,+3.09%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 741.65,+2.86%),.
_IT index was at 34714.42 down by -265.21 points or by -0.76%. Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (Rs. 953.35,-3.12%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 619.85,-2.23%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 611.00,-2.00%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 78.38,-1.95%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 779.15,-1.85%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4376 , shares advanced were 2650 while 1556 shares declined and 170 were unchanged.