Indian equity benchmarks were trading higher on Friday amid a positive market sentiment driven by easing geopolitical tension in the Middle East and indications of a trade deal between US and India.
At 12:48 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82596.55 up by 424.45 points or by 0.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25289.85 up by 108.05 points or by 0.43 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82624.77 and intraday low of 82072.93 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25315.55 and intraday low of 25156.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 881.90,+2.30%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1190.30,+1.96%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 762.30,+1.80%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 16235.70,+1.62%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 340.05,+1.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 173.65,-1.56%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3031.05,-1.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1455.90,-0.71%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2010.00,-0.18%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 679.20,-0.13%), among others.
Realty index was at 6980.12 up by 132.51 points or by 1.94%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1626.75,+2.94%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 942.50,+2.61%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1156.80,+2.55%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2081.85,+2.51%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 742.15,+1.81%),.
Metal index was at 33921.84 down by -363.27 points or by -1.06%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 494.20,-3.52%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 132.35,-3.15%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 223.75,-2.48%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 77.15,-2.09%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1021.55,-1.73%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4366 , shares advanced were 2470 while 1686 shares declined and 210 were unchanged.