Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 climbed at market open on Thursday, amid positive global cues.
At 9:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76991.89 up by 267.81 points or by 0.35 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23326.6 up by 113.4 points or by 0.49 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77319.5 and intraday low of 76984.39 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23391.65 and intraday low of 23315.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1170.40,+3.75%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 987.65,+2.68%), Zomato Ltd. (Rs. 250.10,+2.50%), State Bank of India (Rs. 770.00,+2.12%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10717.15,+1.83%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2348.20,-1.05%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2179.80,-0.94%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1809.55,-0.90%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4221.95,-0.63%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 434.75,-0.56%), among others.
Realty index was at 7436.87 up by 176.15 points or by 2.43%. Signatureglobal (India) Ltd. (Rs. 1166.50,+4.18%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2401.00,+4.05%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1146.50,+3.74%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1489.50,+3.61%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 754.70,+2.65%),.
FMCG index was at 20190.62 down by -49.83 points or by -0.25%. Hatsun Agro Products Ltd. (Rs. 1025.00,-3.33%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 939.00,-1.68%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2348.20,-1.05%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2179.80,-0.94%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (Rs. 2645.75,-0.82%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3404 , shares advanced were 2756 while 529 shares declined and 119 were unchanged.