Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the late noon trading session supported by positive global sentiment after the US Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, citing concerns over economic growth.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76376.96 up by 927.91 points or by 1.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23182.4 up by 274.8 points or by 1.2 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76416.38 and intraday low of 75684.58 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23206.55 and intraday low of 22973.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3198.75,+4.01%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1699.10,+3.82%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1577.00,+2.17%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1618.50,+2.01%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2242.90,+1.91%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 684.30,-1.16%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8680.20,-0.65%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10925.20,-0.09%), among others.
TECk index was at 17317.3 up by 342.18 points or by 2.02%. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1700.00,+3.87%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 103.55,+3.34%), Tata Communications Ltd. (Rs. 1611.15,+3.19%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1577.45,+2.20%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1619.05,+2.05%),.
Power index was at 6471.87 down by 8.86 points or by 0.14%. JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 555.65,-2.55%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 655.00,-1.13%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 5207.60,-0.28%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 5470.40,-0.08%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 520.80,-0.07%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4275 , shares advanced were 2577 while 1533 shares declined and 165 were unchanged.