Indian benchmark indices continued to trade marginally up during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights.
At 12:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85283.47 up by 51.55 points or by 0.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26078 up by 9.85 points or by 0.04 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85473.47 and intraday low of 85193.27 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26142.8 and intraday low of 26046.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1507.45,+3.19%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1564.00,+1.26%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1623.25,+0.93%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1007.35,+0.92%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2102.60,+0.77%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3698.30,-1.35%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 274.70,-1.06%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 166.55,-0.86%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 404.95,-0.70%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. (Rs. 359.90,-0.65%), among others.
_IT index was at 36253.01 up by 378.79 points or by 1.06%. BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 221.25,+3.36%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1507.45,+3.19%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2818.00,+2.60%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 527.65,+2.54%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1193.85,+2.15%),.
Realty index was at 6956.64 down by -76.37 points or by -1.09%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 875.50,-2.59%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 596.50,-2.29%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1655.55,-1.97%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2050.00,-1.89%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1626.40,-1.81%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4408 , shares advanced were 1415 while 2763 shares declined and 230 were unchanged.