Indian stock markets opened marginally higher on Wednesday amid stock-specific action on Dalal Street.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82167.88 up by 241.13 points or by 0.29 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25159.85 up by 51.55 points or by 0.21 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82257.74 and intraday low of 81849.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25182.1 and intraday low of 25078
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3556.75,+4.10%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1488.95,+2.26%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1469.05,+2.13%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3035.10,+2.06%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1455.30,+1.51%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1168.40,-0.68%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 693.65,-0.64%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2500.75,-0.60%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 287.50,-0.59%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1645.30,-0.54%), among others.
IT index was at 34729.86 up by 609.29 points or by 1.79%. Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 532.00,+5.66%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 494.10,+3.49%), Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 513.80,+3.08%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1732.85,+2.88%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1638.20,+2.62%),.
Realty index was at 6888.62 down by -38.98 points or by -0.56%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 709.90,-3.59%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 910.00,-1.76%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1623.85,-0.75%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2062.85,-0.48%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 733.70,-0.43%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3578 , shares advanced were 2085 while 1311 shares declined and 182 were unchanged.