Domestic bourses were trading in green during the late noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.UltraTech Cement Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd.and ICICI Bank Ltd among others.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78051.18 up by 485.02 points or by 0.63 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24235.45 up by 207.4 points or by 0.86 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 78526.25 and intraday low of 77745.47 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24303.8 and intraday low of 24079.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4383.05,+3.47%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11683.60,+2.70%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3270.70,+2.62%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2276.55,+2.52%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1307.30,+2.34%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 225.10,-1.94%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1292.50,-1.66%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2501.00,-1.06%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1411.90,-0.88%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1850.75,-0.88%), among others.
Auto index was at 58957.75 up by 1453.29 points or by 2.53%. TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3786.95,+4.39%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 123.10,+4.37%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 344.70,+3.84%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5670.50,+3.43%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 193.20,+3.37%),.
TECk index was at 15295.63 down by -116.02 points or by -0.75%. Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1140.65,-2.40%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1292.95,-1.63%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2501.70,-1.03%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1850.15,-0.91%), Tata Communications Ltd. (Rs. 1480.00,-0.23%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4514 , shares advanced were 3123 while 1235 shares declined and 156 were unchanged.