Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including ICICI Bank Ltd.Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Axis Bank Ltd. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72900.43 up by 371.36 points or by 0.51 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22717.7 up by 1.5 points or by 0.01 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72915.15 and intraday low of 72440.05 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22771.8 and intraday low of 22659.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1331.80,+3.03%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 416.10,+2.49%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1231.55,+1.87%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2072.00,+1.77%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4949.00,+1.41%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 318.35,-2.65%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1788.10,-1.64%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1833.00,-1.45%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1728.90,-0.92%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 965.00,-0.87%), among others.
Bankex index was at 62130.98 up by 825.1 points or by 1.35%. Bank of Baroda (Rs. 235.40,+3.38%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1331.80,+3.03%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 416.00,+2.46%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (Rs. 81.18,+2.00%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1231.55,+1.87%),.
HCS index was at 50280.17 down by -972.71 points or by -1.9%. Innova Captab Ltd. (Rs. 1184.10,-6.95%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (Rs. 8156.80,-6.26%), Wanbury Ltd. (Rs. 205.20,-5.50%), Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 730.10,-5.19%), Anlon Healthcare Ltd. (Rs. 34.68,-4.99%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4527 , shares advanced were 2464 while 1836 shares declined and 227 were unchanged.