Stock market benchmark indices continued to trade higher on Wednesday after a sharp decline in the previous session, driven by buying in blue-chip stocks such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.
At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76419.61 up by 395.1 points or by 0.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23248.65 up by 82.95 points or by 0.36 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76498.82 and intraday low of 76064.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23293.65 and intraday low of 23158.45
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1421.00,+1.92%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1753.20,+1.70%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1795.70,+1.61%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11658.35,+1.59%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1335.75,+1.38%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2185.40,-2.09%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11199.10,-1.56%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 348.55,-1.02%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2212.00,-0.97%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 287.00,-0.78%), among others.
Realty index was at 6527.69 up by 127.42 points or by 1.99%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 991.30,+3.35%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1651.90,+3.15%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1172.00,+2.97%), Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1105.00,+2.66%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2092.75,+2.46%),.
PSU index was at 17915.49 down by -186.16 points or by -1.03%. Central Bank of India (Rs. 37.26,-9.96%), Punjab & Sind Bank (Rs. 32.66,-6.18%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 277.95,-4.86%), Indian Overseas Bank (Rs. 36.57,-3.05%), BEML Ltd. (Rs. 3090.00,-2.54%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3724 , shares advanced were 1823 while 1707 shares declined and 194 were unchanged.