Indian stock markets continued their upward momentum on Tuesday, supported by buying in heavyweight stocks including Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Bharti Airtel.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82142.02 up by 351.9 points or by 0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25167.65 up by 90 points or by 0.36 %.
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 Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1934.35,+1.67%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1438.15,+1.52%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 749.55,+1.39%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 985.45,+1.20%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 339.00,+1.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1192.00,-1.69%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 702.00,-1.47%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1464.80,-0.70%), State Bank of India (Rs. 869.20,-0.55%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2972.00,-0.54%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 27501.6 up by 141.18 points or by 0.52%. Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 216.95,+4.28%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 288.60,+2.94%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1387.00,+0.87%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 638.00,+0.73%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 458.65,+0.60%),.
FMCG index was at 20203.44 down by -57.52 points or by -0.28%. Heritage Foods Ltd. (Rs. 487.55,-2.17%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 1229.00,-2.06%), Mukka Proteins Ltd. (Rs. 26.50,-2.03%), Eveready Industries India Ltd. (Rs. 364.10,-1.87%), DCM Shriram Industries Ltd. (Rs. 173.60,-1.62%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4300 , shares advanced were 1911 while 2216 shares declined and 173 were unchanged.