The Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex snapped their four-day losing streak, supported by a rally in global equities. Gains in stocks such as Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, and Bajaj Finance were among the key contributors to the rise in the Nifty50 index.
At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading 79529.49 up by 413.3 points or by 0.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24534.25 up by 53.75 points or by 0.22 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 79666.46 and intraday low of 79227.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24651.95 and intraday low of 24533.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1382.70,+2.76%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1792.05,+2.44%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 373.30,+2.04%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3957.55,+1.94%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1461.20,+1.88%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 238.75,-0.81%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1353.20,-0.79%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2567.40,-0.77%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2246.25,-0.72%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1342.20,-0.62%), among others.
Oil&Gas index was at 28490.03 up by 560.7 points or by 2.01%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 285.00,+2.87%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1382.70,+2.76%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 161.70,+2.70%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 174.45,+2.32%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 409.20,+1.94%),.
IT index was at 29251.46 down by -141.98 points or by -0.48%. Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 3343.70,-3.33%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 169.45,-3.28%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 306.35,-2.90%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1376.90,-1.92%), Ksolves India Ltd. (Rs. 285.45,-1.62%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3610 , shares advanced were 2366 while 1075 shares declined and 169 were unchanged.