Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade higher on Monday driven by buying in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank post their earnings announcement and continuous foreign fund inflows.

At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79182.2 up by 629 points or by 0.8 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24010.7 up by 159.05 points or by 0.67 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 79260.64 and intraday low of 78776.06 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24061.45 and intraday low of 23903.65

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 841.60,+5.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1356.25,+3.86%), State Bank of India (Rs. 821.55,+3.07%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2094.00,+2.96%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1225.30,+2.91%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1235.55,-1.93%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 422.20,-1.18%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2350.75,-1.01%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2401.60,-0.58%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2455.95,-0.55%), among others.

Power index was at 6854 up by 133.57 points or by 1.99%. Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 581.25,+5.76%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 57.20,+3.85%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 642.40,+3.71%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 392.25,+2.86%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 314.95,+1.99%),.

FMCG index was at 20425.27 down by -133.29 points or by -0.65%. ADF Foods Ltd. (Rs. 229.65,-4.31%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (Rs. 856.70,-3.82%), Hindustan Foods Ltd. (Rs. 573.55,-2.33%), GRM Overseas Ltd. (Rs. 317.40,-1.93%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 73.40,-1.86%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4053 , shares advanced were 2749 while 1060 shares declined and 245 were unchanged.