Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed on Tuesday on lower crude oil prices amid easing geopolitical worries in West Asia.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76901.19 up by 65.41 points or by 0.09 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23999.15 up by 3.2 points or by 0.01 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 76988.48 and intraday low of 76705.22 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24040.9 and intraday low of 23961.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2401.65,+4.64%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1338.00,+3.25%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1623.00,+3.08%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 304.10,+2.82%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1108.35,+2.72%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 394.35,-3.13%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2111.35,-2.92%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 343.20,-2.12%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 284.90,-1.38%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1434.90,-0.71%), among others.
_IT index was at 29351.13 up by 998.86 points or by 3.52%. Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1675.00,+9.59%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1607.30,+7.66%), Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 598.10,+6.65%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 1846.30,+6.60%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 167.20,+6.13%),.
CGS index was at 76359.49 down by -1560.62 points or by -2%. Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4371.20,-4.65%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4020.00,-4.31%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 841.20,-4.10%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 2199.70,-3.70%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 394.35,-3.13%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4059 , shares advanced were 1568 while 2220 shares declined and 271 were unchanged.