Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to gain strength during the morning trading session on Friday tracking a rally in Asian markets after four days of sharp decline.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76681.96 up by 529.1 points or by 0.69 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23873.45 down by -41 points or by -0.17 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 76746.8 and intraday low of 76529.5 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24025.4 and intraday low of 23873.45

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11828.00,+5.39%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.30,+2.00%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1718.40,+1.89%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1900.00,+1.87%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5044.00,+1.84%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 322.00,-1.39%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1040.00,-0.49%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1299.00,-0.16%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1265.00,-0.09%), among others.

Realty index was at 7192.28 up by 52.16 points or by 0.73%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2106.00,+6.01%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1399.00,+1.66%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1234.00,+1.10%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 687.00,+0.88%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 629.00,+0.08%),.

CGS index was at 78370.73 down by -17.48 points or by -0.02%. Polycab India Ltd. (Rs. 8280.00,-6.18%), Supreme Industries Ltd. (Rs. 3410.00,-2.82%), Elgi Equipments Ltd. (Rs. 617.20,-2.12%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (Rs. 1460.20,-1.80%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 3426.00,-1.76%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 1809 , shares advanced were 994 while 652 shares declined and 163 were unchanged.