The Nifty50 and the Sensex extended gains as FMCG and oil and gas stocks supported.

At 12:30 hours,, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78232.53 up by 243.85 points or by 0.31 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24284 up by 87.25 points or by 0.36 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78415.82 and intraday low of 77726.23 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24323.1 and intraday low of 24096.05

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2237.10,+4.56%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 317.35,+1.63%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2477.00,+1.50%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1512.30,+1.44%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 307.70,+1.40%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1434.30,-1.13%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1675.00,-1.07%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4075.00,-1.03%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4424.40,-0.83%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 250.70,-0.81%), among others.

FMCG index was at 18376.82 up by 453.84 points or by 2.53%. Apex Frozen Foods Ltd. (Rs. 483.80,+12.43%), VST Industries Ltd. (Rs. 266.70,+10.39%), Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 102.76,+7.60%), Globus Spirits Ltd. (Rs. 1015.45,+6.40%), HMA Agro Industries Ltd. (Rs. 24.53,+6.33%),.

TECk index was at 15710.39 down by -48.48 points or by -0.31%. Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 204.60,-2.66%), Tejas Networks Ltd. (Rs. 423.80,-1.84%), PVR INOX Ltd. (Rs. 939.45,-1.19%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1434.30,-1.13%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5437.30,-1.13%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4511 , shares advanced were 2850 while 1450 shares declined and 211 were unchanged.