Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged more than 1 per cent on Monday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and buying in banking and oil & gas shares.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 77984.38 up by 1078.87 points or by 1.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23658.35 up by 307.95 points or by 1.32 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78107.23 and intraday low of 77179.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23708.75 and intraday low of 23433.5
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 367.35,+4.61%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2178.35,+4.51%), State Bank of India (Rs. 781.40,+3.77%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1460.00,+3.54%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 291.90,+3.14%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3078.95,-2.68%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 669.15,-2.42%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 222.70,-2.13%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2776.00,-0.83%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1718.30,-0.46%), among others.
PSU index was at 18445.17 up by 510.08 points or by 2.84%. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (Rs. 170.05,+9.78%), Rites Ltd. (Rs. 255.35,+6.68%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 4129.85,+6.20%), Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (Rs. 143.40,+5.71%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1360.00,+5.18%),.
CDS index was at 55534.85 down by 205.45 points or by 0.37%. Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3078.95,-2.68%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4542 , shares advanced were 2602 while 1753 shares declined and 187 were unchanged.