Breaking a four-day losing streak, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Thursday, supported by renewed buying in tech and IT stocks.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 85265.32 up by 158.51 points or by 0.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26033.75 up by 47.75 points or by 0.18 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 85487.21 and intraday low of 84949.98 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26098.25 and intraday low of 25938.95
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 863.30,+1.99%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3228.90,+1.54%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1561.55,+1.28%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1597.80,+1.24%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1654.25,+0.89%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15970.00,-0.71%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 295.80,-0.69%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2134.00,-0.53%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3797.65,-0.44%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1386.50,-0.35%), among others.
IT index was at 37127.24 up by 479.6 points or by 1.31%. Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 25.57,+4.97%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 608.85,+4.94%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 4682.25,+3.85%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 420.95,+3.80%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 435.65,+3.12%),.
Power index was at 6485.21 down by -28.22 points or by -0.43%. Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 50.85,-3.31%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 459.80,-2.20%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 142.75,-1.59%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 275.70,-1.01%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 662.00,-0.32%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4497 , shares advanced were 1893 while 2407 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.