Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in the positive territory on Tuesday, extending their winning momentum to the fourth day running, helped by a rally in blue-chip stocks and continuous buying by domestic institutional investors.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82086.71 up by 296.59 points or by 0.36 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25183.45 up by 105.8 points or by 0.42 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82211.77 and intraday low of 81787.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25202.2 and intraday low of 25076.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 340.20,+1.54%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1379.70,+1.23%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1020.80,+1.18%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1922.50,+1.05%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 171.70,+1.03%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1192.10,-1.68%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2964.65,-0.78%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1463.90,-0.76%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1432.65,-0.47%), State Bank of India (Rs. 870.15,-0.45%), among others.
Auto index was at 60234.84 up by 334.94 points or by 0.56%. Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3214.50,+2.16%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1361.90,+2.13%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 407.45,+1.88%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 139.50,+1.16%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6955.25,+1.14%),.
_IT index was at 34103.86 down by -103.53 points or by -0.3%. Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 573.00,-2.40%), Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 891.50,-1.20%), D-Link (India) Ltd. (Rs. 478.10,-0.96%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1918.00,-0.96%), Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 352.20,-0.96%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4046 , shares advanced were 2010 while 1821 shares declined and 215 were unchanged.