Benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex opened higher on Monday supported by Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India, and Infosys among others.

At 9:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79116.94 up by 563.74 points or by 0.72 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23851.65 up by 414.45 points or by 1.77 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 79196.53 and intraday low of 78776.06 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23872.35 and intraday low of 23298.55

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1357.30,+3.94%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 819.40,+3.15%), State Bank of India (Rs. 819.90,+2.86%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1224.50,+2.84%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1449.85,+2.09%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1225.05,-2.77%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 421.85,-1.26%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1873.15,-0.85%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 229.85,-0.82%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11604.30,-0.74%), among others.

Bankex index was at 63368.36 up by 1075.09 points or by 1.73%. YES Bank Ltd. (Rs. 18.89,+4.42%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 819.40,+3.15%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1224.50,+2.84%), State Bank of India (Rs. 819.70,+2.84%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 198.85,+2.08%),.

FMCG index was at 20418.5 down by -140.06 points or by -0.68%. ADF Foods Ltd. (Rs. 229.30,-4.46%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (Rs. 858.70,-3.60%), Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (Rs. 7390.00,-2.99%), Hindustan Foods Ltd. (Rs. 574.00,-2.26%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 73.30,-1.99%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3482 , shares advanced were 2248 while 1058 shares declined and 176 were unchanged.