Stock market benchmark indices rebounded on Thursday after falling sharply in the previous session as continuous foreign fund inflows and buying in blue-chip Reliance Industries supported the recovery in equities.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77626.25 up by 337.75 points or by 0.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23617.8 up by 130.95 points or by 0.56 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77747.46 and intraday low of 77082.51 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23620.55 and intraday low of 23412.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3520.55,+2.26%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 294.70,+1.15%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1614.60,+1.03%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1821.75,+0.87%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2262.10,+0.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 674.05,-4.79%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1728.00,-1.69%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2232.00,-0.53%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2730.00,-0.47%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2134.35,-0.42%), among others.
PSU index was at 18129.78 up by 173.83 points or by 0.97%. Bank of Baroda (Rs. 228.35,+3.68%), NBCC (India) Ltd. (Rs. 83.62,+3.16%), REC Ltd. (Rs. 437.00,+2.73%), Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 201.60,+2.52%), Union Bank of India (Rs. 123.00,+2.37%),.
Auto index was at 48329.78 down by -374.67 points or by -0.77%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 674.05,-4.79%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 131.60,-2.52%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2541.40,-1.55%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 212.15,-1.30%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1169.80,-1.05%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3877 , shares advanced were 1906 while 1791 shares declined and 180 were unchanged.