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( As on 16/01/2025 14:56)

Sensex climbs 246 pts to 76,970; PSB, Metal hold gains, FMCG, IT muted

Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd, Bajaj Finserv Ltd., State Bank of India and Tata Motors Ltd. among others.



At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76970.87 up by 246.79 points or by 0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23299.95 up by 86.75 points or by 0.37 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 77319.5 and intraday low of 76895.51 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23391.65 and intraday low of 23272.05



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1152.00,+2.11%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1698.00,+1.55%), State Bank of India (Rs. 764.65,+1.41%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 774.15,+1.40%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 325.65,+1.37%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1794.05,-1.74%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2170.50,-1.37%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4196.00,-1.24%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 432.20,-1.14%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2347.85,-1.07%), among others.



_PSU index was at 18253.15 up by 338.8 points or by 1.89%. Ircon International Ltd. (Rs. 216.00,+13.71%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 329.55,+12.67%), Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (Rs. 408.30,+9.79%), Punjab & Sind Bank (Rs. 49.12,+6.07%), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (Rs. 233.80,+5.89%),.



IT index was at 42864.43 down by -212.68 points or by -0.49%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1638.45,-6.58%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 10188.85,-3.56%), Nelco Ltd. (Rs. 1133.05,-2.91%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 2070.35,-2.34%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1794.25,-1.73%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4229 , shares advanced were 2865 while 1238 shares declined and 126 were unchanged.