Indian benchmark indices traded with gains on Friday, supported by softer geopolitical tensions and fresh FII inflows.

Sentiment improved after a temporary Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, fueling expectations of renewed US-Iran discussions, market participants said.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78297.91 up by 309.23 points or by 0.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24280.45 up by 83.7 points or by 0.35 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78358.14 and intraday low of 77726.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24289.2 and intraday low of 24096.05

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2234.00,+4.42%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13639.25,+2.29%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4155.85,+1.75%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 308.65,+1.71%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1575.20,+1.66%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1438.45,-0.84%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1338.15,-0.54%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1833.70,-0.36%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 252.25,-0.20%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 210.50,-0.09%), among others.

FMCG index was at 18377.39 up by 454.41 points or by 2.54%. VST Industries Ltd. (Rs. 275.60,+14.07%), Apex Frozen Foods Ltd. (Rs. 472.80,+9.88%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 102.44,+7.27%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (Rs. 2117.95,+7.07%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (Rs. 1479.30,+6.27%),.

TECk index was at 15726.59 down by -32.28 points or by -0.2%. Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 204.85,-2.55%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5420.50,-1.43%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1438.45,-0.84%), Tejas Networks Ltd. (Rs. 429.75,-0.46%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 411.15,-0.46%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4173 , shares advanced were 2926 while 1029 shares declined and 218 were unchanged.