Indian benchmark indices continued to gain strength during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84135.3 up by 950.5 points or by 1.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25697.9 up by 282.1 points or by 1.11 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 84248.69 and intraday low of 83187.64 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25726.65 and intraday low of 25426.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2932.80,+4.87%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 979.50,+3.42%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12662.05,+2.47%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3764.80,+2.23%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 152.45,+1.91%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4272.25,-0.57%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 421.65,-0.55%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1241.35,-0.10%), State Bank of India (Rs. 790.00,-0.04%), among others.
Metal index was at 32022.99 up by 621.08 points or by 1.98%. JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 978.60,+3.32%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 492.00,+2.92%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 152.30,+1.80%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 748.00,+1.75%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 695.95,+1.67%),.
_CDS index was at 67489.75 down by 278.8 points or by 0.41%. Rajesh Exports Ltd. (Rs. 284.05,-1.90%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 330.30,-1.68%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 4353.25,-0.79%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 446.50,-0.73%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1920.10,-0.53%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4091 , shares advanced were 2543 while 1385 shares declined and 163 were unchanged.
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