Indian benchmark index was trading higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. NTPC Ltd. State Bank of India Bajaj Finserv Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd. among others.
At 12:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77883.89 up by 978.38 points or by 1.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23635.5 up by 285.1 points or by 1.22 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77934.99 and intraday low of 77179.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23650.4 and intraday low of 23433.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2174.70,+4.33%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 366.35,+4.33%), State Bank of India (Rs. 773.80,+2.76%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1896.20,+2.74%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1099.20,+2.62%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3085.15,-2.48%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 674.25,-1.68%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 225.35,-0.97%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2780.60,-0.67%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1584.75,-0.49%), among others.
PSU index was at 18394.14 up by 459.05 points or by 2.56%. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (Rs. 166.65,+7.59%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4092.25,+5.23%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 183.35,+4.95%), Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (Rs. 142.00,+4.68%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1352.95,+4.64%),.
Metal index was at 31328.77 down by 147.44 points or by 0.47%. Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 597.75,-4.46%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4348 , shares advanced were 2783 while 1361 shares declined and 204 were unchanged.