The Nifty50 and the Sensex were trading at day’s high as ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank shares supported.
At 14:20 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79221.94 up by 701.64 points or by 0.89 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24532.25 up by 167.4 points or by 0.69 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79298.35 and intraday low of 78522.96 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24571.25 and intraday low of 24354.9
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4391.95,+3.51%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 941.00,+2.44%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1384.95,+2.13%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 812.25,+2.12%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1377.05,+1.73%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 449.80,-1.72%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4480.30,-0.72%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1353.20,-0.69%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1495.10,-0.60%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 396.60,-0.33%), among others.
Realty index was at 6192.98 up by 140.59 points or by 2.32%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1371.40,+4.56%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1805.05,+2.62%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1812.05,+2.56%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 877.50,+2.53%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 608.95,+2.20%),.
CDS index was at 60480.38 down by -3.64 points or by -0.01%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1866.45,-1.17%), Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (Rs. 479.50,-1.00%), Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (Rs. 7901.35,-0.86%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 258.70,-0.84%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4480.30,-0.72%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4581 , shares advanced were 2663 while 1721 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.