Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher, supported by gains in IT stocks, despite weakness in global technology shares following disappointing earnings from major US companies.
At 14:15 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74437 up by 285.96 points or by 0.39 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23011.75 up by 75 points or by 0.33 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74742.59 and intraday low of 74082.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23118.1 and intraday low of 22905.1
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3034.00,+5.86%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1177.35,+2.96%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4808.60,+2.75%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1442.00,+2.16%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 315.40,+2.04%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 961.55,-1.88%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2852.80,-1.63%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1154.10,-1.25%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1212.90,-1.08%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11103.25,-0.99%), among others.
IT index was at 30759.69 up by 554.27 points or by 1.84%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 155.95,+13.71%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 2050.00,+4.59%), Empower India Ltd. (Rs. 1.24,+4.20%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 197.25,+3.79%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4227.80,+3.57%),.
CGS index was at 68742.79 down by -1510.74 points or by -2.15%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 33.68,-8.45%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1789.65,-5.23%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 55.98,-5.22%), Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 911.40,-4.80%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1035.00,-4.58%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4625 , shares advanced were 1397 while 2992 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.