Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed sharply in on Wednesday, building on the previous day’s rally, buoyed by optimism over the India–EU FTA.

At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82261.42 up by 403.94 points or by 0.49 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25281.7 up by 106.3 points or by 0.42 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82503.97 and intraday low of 81887.93 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25372.1 and intraday low of 25225.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 259.90,+2.16%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 352.00,+1.98%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1339.25,+1.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 257.40,+1.52%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 927.95,+1.42%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2484.05,-5.37%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14898.60,-2.25%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2349.50,-2.12%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1276.85,-2.05%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1658.60,-1.47%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27931.93 up by 919.01 points or by 3.4%. Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 482.95,+7.66%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 263.00,+6.03%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 290.00,+4.45%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 165.95,+3.72%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 434.10,+3.48%),.

CDS index was at 55327.42 down by -852.43 points or by -1.52%. Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2484.05,-5.37%), Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (Rs. 485.35,-2.02%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 10087.20,-0.91%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 367.00,-0.57%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3987.60,-0.23%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4098 , shares advanced were 2607 while 1300 shares declined and 191 were unchanged.