Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in Bankex, PSU, Auto and FMCG among others.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77121.53 up by 502.2 points or by 0.66 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23352.85 up by 149.65 points or by 0.64 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77318.94 and intraday low of 76584.84 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23391.1 and intraday low of 23170.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1920.30,+9.19%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7404.55,+3.12%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 336.30,+3.03%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1728.85,+2.84%), State Bank of India (Rs. 780.75,+2.18%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2887.00,-1.06%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4084.00,-1.01%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12000.00,-0.94%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1154.40,-0.77%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 437.25,-0.66%), among others.
Bankex index was at 56077.78 up by 1158.63 points or by 2.11%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1920.35,+9.19%), YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 19.01,+4.11%), Canara Bank (Rs. 101.05,+3.27%), State Bank of India (Rs. 780.95,+2.21%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 232.85,+2.13%),.
FMCG index was at 20316.07 down by -19.43 points or by -0.1%. Agro Tech Foods Ltd. (Rs. 893.00,-2.64%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1168.00,-1.75%), Chaman Lal Setia Exports Ltd. (Rs. 363.95,-1.69%), Patanjali Foods Ltd. (Rs. 1822.25,-1.66%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd. (Rs. 955.25,-1.64%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4361 , shares advanced were 2553 while 1605 shares declined and 203 were unchanged.
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