Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 opened on a muted note on Friday, amid weak global cues.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76505.25 up by 157.19 points or by 0.21 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23194.45 up by 3.8 points or by 0.02 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76531.05 and intraday low of 76095.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23199.45 and intraday low of 23132.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8935.00,+2.94%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1779.75,+1.69%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2253.80,+1.46%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2060.35,+1.23%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1191.00,+1.16%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1600.40,-0.85%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3183.95,-0.28%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2235.70,-0.27%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1763.10,-0.24%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 682.40,-0.20%), among others.
Realty index was at 6811.28 up by 174.32 points or by 2.63%. Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1185.00,+6.32%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 540.95,+3.94%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1247.50,+3.24%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1285.20,+3.14%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1690.45,+2.86%),.
_IT index was at 36094.91 down by 12.44 points or by 0.03%. Ksolves India Ltd. (Rs. 446.55,-3.21%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1600.40,-0.85%), C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (Rs. 1620.55,-0.57%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3353 , shares advanced were 2600 while 609 shares declined and 144 were unchanged.