Indian benchmark indices started the day marginally up on Thursday ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy decision.
Among individual stocks, shares of Tata Motors advanced over 1 per cent to hit 52-week high of Rs 576 per share, after global brokerage firm Goldman Sachs initiated 'buy' call on the counter.
Besides, shares of Zydus Lifesciences surged over 1 per cent after US health regulator gave final approval to Tadalafil tablets.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 63179.17 up by 36.21 points or by 0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18734.3 up by 7.9 points or by 0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 63228.6 and intraday low of 63111.63 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18752.2 and intraday low of 18723.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 182.70,+2.99%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 243.70,+1.86%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 573.40,+0.96%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 112.25,+0.67%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 8203.80,+0.62%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1905.15,-1.71%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1006.40,-0.77%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3252.05,-0.69%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 400.15,-0.66%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 970.00,-0.66%), among others.
Power index was at 3969.65 up by 61.96 points or by 1.59%. Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 284.45,+3.51%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 182.70,+2.99%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 223.75,+2.45%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 44.78,+1.89%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 243.70,+1.86%),.
Realty index was at 4030.07 down by -21.25 points or by -0.52%. Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 584.95,-1.39%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 566.10,-1.18%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 491.90,-0.83%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 541.40,-0.67%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1435.80,-0.65%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3132 , shares advanced were 1997 while 1023 shares declined and 112 were unchanged.