The BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 rebounded on Thursday, ending over 1% higher as global equity markets recovered following recent declines triggered by tensions in West Asia.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 80015.9 up by 899.71 points or by 1.14 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24765.9 up by 285.4 points or by 1.17 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 80303.83 and intraday low of 79201.69 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24854.2 and intraday low of 24529.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1499.00,+4.51%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4032.95,+3.88%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 378.15,+3.36%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1389.80,+3.29%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 460.00,+2.98%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1333.00,-1.30%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1354.00,-0.73%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2253.80,-0.39%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1359.45,-0.37%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1171.35,-0.27%), among others.
Power index was at 6841.71 up by 161.22 points or by 2.41%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 3844.05,+4.43%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 256.90,+3.57%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 378.15,+3.36%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 25307.10,+3.33%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 376.85,+3.02%),.
IT index was at 29245.95 down by -147.49 points or by -0.5%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 160.25,-8.53%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 3250.60,-6.02%), eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 406.75,-5.11%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 418.95,-3.38%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1359.35,-3.17%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4586 , shares advanced were 2875 while 1552 shares declined and 159 were unchanged.