Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher on Thursday amid buying in blue-chip Reliance Industries, IT firms and foreign fund inflows.
At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81892.34 up by 118.68 points or by 0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25078.45 up by 32.3 points or by 0.13 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82009.32 and intraday low of 81667.68 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25120.35 and intraday low of 25024.3
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 176.65,+2.79%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1480.00,+1.87%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 346.75,+1.52%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3777.25,+1.32%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 749.30,+1.09%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 671.85,-1.39%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1170.20,-0.86%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15875.00,-0.85%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3541.10,-0.70%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 283.90,-0.56%), among others.
Metal index was at 34095.1 up by 534.68 points or by 1.59%. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 135.95,+3.03%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 176.65,+2.79%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 78.20,+2.57%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 229.00,+2.37%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 500.10,+2.07%),.
Auto index was at 59013.66 down by -228.74 points or by -0.39%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 671.85,-1.39%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1296.45,-1.13%), Apollo Tyres Ltd. (Rs. 482.00,-1.03%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 138.10,-0.93%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15875.00,-0.85%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4054 , shares advanced were 1890 while 1932 shares declined and 232 were unchanged.