The Nifty 50 and Sensex hovered near their day’s peak, supported by strong buying in banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank.
Positive momentum in Asian markets also aided sentiment, as growing optimism over a possible US–Iran resolution ahead of the ceasefire deadline lifted overall market confidence.
At 12:10 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79199.26 up by 678.96 points or by 0.86 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24527.25 up by 162.4 points or by 0.67 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79260.06 and intraday low of 78522.96 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24565.1 and intraday low of 24354.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4427.00,+4.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 938.35,+2.16%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1381.35,+1.87%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2559.00,+1.70%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 808.85,+1.69%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 454.45,-0.70%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1359.65,-0.22%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4506.00,-0.15%), among others.
Realty index was at 6215.35 up by 162.96 points or by 2.69%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1372.15,+4.61%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1827.35,+3.42%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1816.55,+3.28%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 522.65,+3.16%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 882.05,+3.06%),.
HCS index was at 43513.57 down by 139.04 points or by 0.32%. Fischer Medical Ventures Ltd. (Rs. 39.10,-4.59%), Shree Ganesh Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 508.10,-4.47%), Corona Remedies Ltd. (Rs. 1638.80,-3.52%), Cohance Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 361.55,-2.11%), Natco Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 1076.00,-2.10%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4356 , shares advanced were 2728 while 1408 shares declined and 220 were unchanged.