Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher supported by buying in leading banking stocks, along with a positive trend across global markets.

At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76765.43 up by 195.08 points or by 0.25 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23984.7 up by 70.25 points or by 0.29 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 76924.48 and intraday low of 76705.02 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24025.4 and intraday low of 23955.35

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1702.50,+1.77%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 709.05,+1.16%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1269.30,+1.14%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1032.05,+1.11%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 330.10,+1.04%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4942.50,-1.25%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1608.25,-0.85%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1130.00,-0.81%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1321.30,-0.72%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5034.00,-0.71%), among others.

Realty index was at 7107.86 up by 134.71 points or by 1.93%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 629.00,+6.99%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 661.85,+3.43%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1371.80,+3.02%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2009.00,+2.50%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1607.00,+1.77%),.

IT index was at 29552.89 down by -180.78 points or by -0.61%. Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 520.85,-4.43%), Silver Touch Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 170.40,-1.79%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1103.70,-1.65%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 630.15,-1.49%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5623.05,-1.26%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4081 , shares advanced were 2560 while 1274 shares declined and 247 were unchanged.