Benchmark Indian equity indices continued their northward movement for the third consecutive session to settle with gains on Wednesday.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 75449.05 up by 147.79 points or by 0.2 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22907.6 up by 73.3 points or by 0.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75568.38 and intraday low of 75201.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22940.7 and intraday low of 22807.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.55,+2.52%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 223.45,+2.34%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 276.95,+2.27%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10914.75,+2.01%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 692.35,+1.56%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1396.35,-2.43%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3497.15,-1.56%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 403.05,-1.55%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1586.55,-1.38%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11605.00,-0.98%), among others.
Realty index was at 6564.08 up by 175.75 points or by 2.75%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1180.00,+6.09%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1201.00,+6.07%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2103.85,+3.72%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 696.40,+3.15%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1614.20,+3.09%),.
IT index was at 35627.69 down by -299.16 points or by -0.83%. Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1415.00,-5.04%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2318.85,-4.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1396.35,-2.43%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 917.65,-1.88%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4364.65,-1.87%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4391 , shares advanced were 3147 while 1103 shares declined and 141 were unchanged.