Indian benchmark equities opened marginally higher on Friday, led by auto and metal stocks, amid mixed global cues.

At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85587.2 up by 398.6 points or by 0.47 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26211.65 up by 65.1 points or by 0.25 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 85605.54 and intraday low of 85068.88 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26216.2 and intraday low of 26118.4

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2799.00,+1.70%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 903.80,+1.51%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 287.20,+1.25%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16917.00,+1.21%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 982.65,+1.07%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 350.35,-3.74%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4018.00,-0.75%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2217.05,-0.05%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11896.60,0.00%), among others.

Auto index was at 63753.89 up by 604.59 points or by 0.96%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 6014.55,+2.90%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3874.50,+2.18%), Bosch Ltd. (Rs. 36900.00,+2.09%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 188.15,+1.87%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 124.25,+1.43%),.

FMCG index was at 19549.69 down by -192.29 points or by -0.97%. ITC Ltd. (Rs. 350.35,-3.74%), VST Industries Ltd. (Rs. 249.90,-2.06%), Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (Rs. 2244.90,-1.95%), Zydus Wellness Ltd. (Rs. 456.55,-1.88%), Prataap Snacks Ltd. (Rs. 1192.00,-1.74%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3533 , shares advanced were 2167 while 1188 shares declined and 178 were unchanged.