The benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading marginally higher on Friday, supported by buying interest in IT stocks and earnings-driven gains in Tata Group's retail arm, Trent.
At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74179.35 up by 28.31 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22923.6 down by -13.15 points or by -0.06 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74422.42 and intraday low of 74082.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23019.25 and intraday low of 22905.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3037.90,+6.00%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4816.85,+2.92%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 345.40,+2.25%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1166.55,+2.02%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1805.90,+2.00%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 962.85,-1.75%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 366.55,-1.47%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11082.65,-1.17%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 167.85,-0.97%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1159.60,-0.78%), among others.
IT index was at 30574.63 up by 369.21 points or by 1.22%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 147.15,+7.29%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 2046.40,+4.41%), Empower India Ltd. (Rs. 1.24,+4.20%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 636.05,+2.91%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 194.45,+2.32%),.
CGS index was at 68817.28 down by -1436.25 points or by -2.04%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 33.85,-7.99%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1789.80,-5.22%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 56.43,-4.45%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 3958.35,-3.36%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 925.80,-3.30%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4099 , shares advanced were 1247 while 2649 shares declined and 203 were unchanged.