Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Monday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and buying in blue-chip stocks.
A positive trend in the US markets also powered the rally in the domestic equities.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77618.54 up by 713.03 points or by 0.93 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23559.05 up by 208.65 points or by 0.89 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77626.44 and intraday low of 77179.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23559.9 and intraday low of 23433.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2151.00,+3.20%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.20,+2.90%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1098.00,+2.51%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 359.85,+2.48%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3475.00,+1.69%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2739.40,-2.14%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3096.00,-2.14%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 225.35,-0.97%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1577.95,-0.92%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10953.00,-0.24%), among others.
Realty index was at 6849.47 up by 149.63 points or by 2.23%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1023.75,+6.08%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1230.05,+4.31%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1690.25,+2.32%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 550.90,+2.13%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1251.75,+2.11%),.
Auto index was at 48852.21 down by 2.02 points or by 0%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2739.40,-2.14%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 3601.00,-0.85%), Apollo Tyres Ltd. (Rs. 424.85,-0.25%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 2417.50,-0.02%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4082 , shares advanced were 2820 while 1053 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.