Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back after starting the trade on a weak note on Friday, helped by foreign fund inflows and hopes of US Fed rate cuts.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83863.61 up by 395.95 points or by 0.47 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25691.1 up by 105.8 points or by 0.41 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 83887.58 and intraday low of 83206.08 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25693.3 and intraday low of 25508.6
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2532.25,+5.11%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3622.00,+1.71%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1999.75,+1.66%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1296.30,+1.55%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 410.20,+1.27%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1442.00,-2.09%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 341.95,-1.85%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1495.10,-1.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1448.50,-1.06%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 289.80,-0.69%), among others.
CDS index was at 61188.49 up by 1054.03 points or by 1.75%. Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1327.45,+7.27%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 494.30,+1.47%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1428.30,+0.87%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3672.55,+0.83%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1971.55,+0.73%),.
IT index was at 34283.33 down by -448.6 points or by -1.29%. Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 242.60,-4.39%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 335.25,-3.40%), C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (Rs. 1794.60,-2.82%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 539.55,-2.73%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2113.00,-2.70%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3992 , shares advanced were 1789 while 1960 shares declined and 243 were unchanged.