Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Wednesday supported by buying in index heavyweights Zomato Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd, Bajaj Finance Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd among others.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75426.35 up by 125.09 points or by 0.17 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22900.9 up by 66.6 points or by 0.29 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75508.11 and intraday low of 75201.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22910.55 and intraday low of 22807.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 225.35,+3.21%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.35,+2.39%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1182.75,+2.08%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8843.85,+1.89%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 694.00,+1.80%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3473.10,-2.24%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1577.65,-1.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1405.00,-1.83%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1533.60,-1.60%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1729.10,-1.12%), among others.
Realty index was at 6490.94 up by 102.61 points or by 1.61%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1192.65,+5.33%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1148.90,+3.29%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2086.45,+2.86%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1600.45,+2.21%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1239.70,+1.85%),.
IT index was at 35395.26 down by -531.59 points or by -1.48%. Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2312.35,-5.21%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3472.55,-2.25%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 7420.05,-2.07%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1577.75,-1.93%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4362.00,-1.93%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3964 , shares advanced were 2930 while 842 shares declined and 192 were unchanged.