Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying index heavyweights including Nestle India Ltd.Tata Motors Ltd. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. Axis Bank Ltd among others.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62937 up by 144.12 points or by 0.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18661.85 up by 62.85 points or by 0.34 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 63027.98 and intraday low of 62841.95 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18676.05 and intraday low of 18636
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 22350.90,+2.99%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 570.95,+2.75%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 2314.00,+1.61%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 238.30,+1.23%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 979.10,+1.05%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1397.95,-0.90%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1945.35,-0.79%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7072.90,-0.61%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 937.00,-0.56%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1010.35,-0.32%), among others.
_CGS index was at 38728.67 up by 565.54 points or by 1.48%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 14.26,+16.89%), Schaeffler India Ltd. (Rs. 3228.00,+5.61%), SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 4857.95,+4.77%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (Rs. 1195.65,+2.85%), Praj Industries Ltd. (Rs. 394.60,+2.56%),.
Bankex index was at 50266.22 down by 35.7 points or by 0.07%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1945.00,-0.81%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 937.00,-0.56%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3781 , shares advanced were 2388 while 1231 shares declined and 162 were unchanged.