Indian benchmark indices continued to trade in green during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights Bharti Airtel Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd. IndusInd Bank Ltd. ICICI Bank Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd.among others.
At 14:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82050.25 up by 260.13 points or by 0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25134.4 up by 56.75 points or by 0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82309.56 and intraday low of 81787.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25220.9 and intraday low of 25076.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1929.05,+1.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1435.50,+1.33%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 749.00,+1.31%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1379.85,+1.24%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1390.50,+1.12%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1188.70,-1.96%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 699.45,-1.83%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2513.00,-1.13%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1462.95,-0.83%), State Bank of India (Rs. 867.35,-0.77%), among others.
Realty index was at 6923.09 up by 70.17 points or by 1.02%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 737.35,+4.58%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 925.90,+3.82%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1148.80,+2.98%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1636.50,+0.87%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1606.05,+0.76%),.
_FMCG index was at 20157.4 down by -103.56 points or by -0.51%. Heritage Foods Ltd. (Rs. 486.00,-2.48%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1117.80,-2.11%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 1228.40,-2.11%), Britannia Industries Ltd. (Rs. 5883.00,-2.09%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (Rs. 644.75,-2.02%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4455 , shares advanced were 1913 while 2369 shares declined and 173 were unchanged.