Indian benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and Nifty50, were trading firm on Monday supported by easing crude oil prices and positive global market sentiment. Strong buying interest in index heavyweight Reliance Industries further boosted investor confidence.
At 12:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77190.73 up by 387.83 points or by 0.5 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24124.15 up by 111.05 points or by 0.46 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77325.56 and intraday low of 77008.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24168.05 and intraday low of 24073.15
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1435.00,+1.72%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1331.20,+1.67%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1066.80,+1.42%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2146.05,+0.92%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1852.80,+0.85%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4369.10,-1.22%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 289.25,-1.08%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2704.75,-1.06%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 291.30,-0.72%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1828.10,-0.38%), among others.
IT index was at 27121.32 up by 291.86 points or by 1.09%. IRIS RegTech Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 288.70,+7.06%), Silver Touch Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 194.65,+4.48%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 366.55,+4.06%), ASM Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 4003.95,+3.03%), Ivalue Infosolutions Ltd. (Rs. 281.25,+3.00%),.
CDS index was at 60636.32 down by -430.54 points or by -0.71%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 12339.55,-1.47%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4369.10,-1.22%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2704.75,-1.06%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1658.00,-0.57%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 382.75,-0.20%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4619 , shares advanced were 2723 while 1628 shares declined and 268 were unchanged.