Domestic bourses continued to trade flat during the noon trading session amid weakness in global markets following a lower close on Wall Street overnight.

At 12:30 hours the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76771.75 up by 36.86 points or by 0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23345.45 up by 16.9 points or by 0.07 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77000.63 and intraday low of 76543.77 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23372.75 and intraday low of 23273.05

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 775.60,+5.40%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1154.20,+3.60%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2444.75,+1.15%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 424.00,+0.88%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1219.00,+0.68%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11640.55,-1.79%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9022.05,-1.31%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 617.15,-0.75%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1417.10,-0.71%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1694.75,-0.61%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 25178.5 up by 264.46 points or by 1.06%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 184.25,+2.90%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 373.40,+1.91%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 299.15,+1.67%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 236.20,+1.48%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 384.45,+1.41%),.

Auto index was at 47412.94 down by -205.36 points or by -0.43%. UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 860.75,-1.98%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11640.55,-1.79%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2536.00,-1.33%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 7909.20,-1.03%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1063.30,-0.94%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4099 , shares advanced were 2684 while 1230 shares declined and 185 were unchanged.