Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Friday supported by buying in index heavyweights including Bajaj Finance Ltd, NTPC Ltd., Nestle India Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Ltd.among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76972.1 up by 624.04 points or by 0.82 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23378.3 up by 187.65 points or by 0.81 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77030.48 and intraday low of 76095.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23389.65 and intraday low of 23132.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8956.55,+3.19%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 349.50,+2.30%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2270.45,+2.21%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2080.00,+2.20%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3420.65,+2.13%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1592.95,-1.31%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 676.50,-1.07%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1839.55,-0.63%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3178.90,-0.44%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 158.60,-0.25%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 25019.27 up by 475.92 points or by 1.94%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 174.25,+3.44%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 240.35,+1.95%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 343.05,+1.93%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 627.75,+1.36%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 274.10,+0.77%),.
_CDS index was at 55638.48 down by -130.95 points or by -0.23%. Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1431.05,-2.65%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3457.75,-0.96%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1495.90,-0.45%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3178.90,-0.44%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 982.25,-0.22%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4133 , shares advanced were 2846 while 1093 shares declined and 194 were unchanged.