Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher on Monday after three consecutive sessions of decline, aided by gains in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and supportive global market cues.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77302.19 up by 637.98 points or by 0.83 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24119.65 up by 221.7 points or by 0.93 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77420.04 and intraday low of 76754.2 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24129.55 and intraday low of 23936.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1731.00,+6.86%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1627.55,+2.63%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1395.60,+2.61%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3105.30,+2.22%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1355.30,+2.08%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1323.10,-3.15%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 435.70,-1.98%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1315.20,-0.84%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 254.95,-0.70%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4275.70,-0.60%), among others.
HCS index was at 44698.76 up by 1081.84 points or by 2.48%. Cohance Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 432.70,+19.99%), Hester Biosciences Ltd. (Rs. 1691.00,+12.88%), Blue Jet Healthcare Ltd (Rs. 443.75,+9.99%), Supriya Lifescience Ltd. (Rs. 705.50,+9.18%), Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 322.10,+7.67%),.
Bankex index was at 63355.71 down by 167.4 points or by 0.26%. Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1323.10,-3.15%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1045.00,-1.93%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1315.20,-0.84%), Union Bank of India (Rs. 175.85,-0.65%), Bank of Baroda (Rs. 272.95,-0.46%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4724 , shares advanced were 3179 while 1320 shares declined and 225 were unchanged.