Indian benchmark indices were trading higher in afternoon trade supported by buying in index heavyweights including Axis Bank Ltd.ITC Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, State Bank of India, Trent Ltd. among others.
At 14:28 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74332.19 up by 328.37 points or by 0.44 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23238.55 up by 119.95 points or by 0.52 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74505.86 and intraday low of 73981.33 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23284.75 and intraday low of 23116.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1248.00,+2.27%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 263.70,+2.21%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 389.00,+2.10%), State Bank of India (Rs. 988.95,+2.02%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2776.00,+1.65%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2193.60,-2.51%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1059.70,-1.51%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1555.75,-1.22%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3807.90,-1.09%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1840.80,-0.93%), among others.
FMCG index was at 17286.7 up by 264.68 points or by 1.55%. Patanjali Foods Ltd. (Rs. 364.35,+7.67%), Jagatjit Industries Ltd. (Rs. 164.85,+5.00%), Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. (Rs. 237.35,+4.51%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd. (Rs. 263.00,+4.39%), Sula Vineyards Ltd. (Rs. 139.25,+3.84%),.
IT index was at 27981.69 down by -360.7 points or by -1.27%. Capillary Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 452.80,-4.12%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 275.25,-3.96%), Subex Ltd. (Rs. 19.73,-3.52%), VL e-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 10.13,-3.06%), Orient Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 234.90,-2.89%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4691 , shares advanced were 1988 while 2464 shares declined and 239 were unchanged.