The Nifty 50 and Sensex advanced as improving geopolitical sentiment, driven by hopes of reduced tensions between the US and Iran, lifted investor confidence. The easing uncertainty in global markets supported buying interest across equities, helping benchmark indices trade higher.
At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75872.93 up by 5.13 points or by 0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23963.3 up by 56.15 points or by 0.23 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76220.02 and intraday low of 75841.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24002.8 and intraday low of 23902
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1194.00,+3.01%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1181.00,+1.36%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4300.00,+1.21%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2308.00,+1.18%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13455.00,+0.67%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1822.50,-1.55%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 414.90,-0.99%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 751.70,-0.90%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1808.40,-0.87%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4534.65,-0.73%), among others.
_IT index was at 28519.39 up by 473.45 points or by 1.69%. Network People Services Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1163.00,+12.95%), Nintec Systems Ltd. (Rs. 709.00,+3.86%), IRIS RegTech Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 261.95,+3.46%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 337.80,+3.19%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1194.00,+3.01%),.
_CGS index was at 81249.3 down by -398.61 points or by -0.49%. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1187.00,-7.51%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 12914.00,-3.99%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3756.50,-3.20%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1496.25,-1.85%), Zen Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1672.00,-1.35%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3550 , shares advanced were 1797 while 1549 shares declined and 204 were unchanged.