Indian benchmark indices traded higher on Friday, October 30, supported by buying interest in IT stocks.
At 12:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74678 up by 526.96 points or by 0.71 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23075.1 up by 138.35 points or by 0.6 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74731.42 and intraday low of 74082.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23110.5 and intraday low of 22905.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3043.00,+6.18%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4832.50,+3.26%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1809.70,+2.65%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1173.65,+2.64%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1448.00,+2.59%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 965.80,-1.45%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11102.65,-1.00%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 168.00,-0.88%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1158.45,-0.88%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 369.00,-0.81%), among others.
IT index was at 30746.36 up by 540.94 points or by 1.79%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 155.00,+13.01%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 293.90,+5.19%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 2045.35,+4.35%), Empower India Ltd. (Rs. 1.24,+4.20%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4226.15,+3.53%),.
CGS index was at 69066.91 down by -1186.62 points or by -1.69%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 33.95,-7.72%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 56.36,-4.57%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1821.80,-3.53%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 804.95,-2.90%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1053.75,-2.85%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4446 , shares advanced were 1472 while 2746 shares declined and 228 were unchanged.