Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty turned positive in afternoon trade on Monday, rebounding from early losses as a sharp rally in information technology stocks lifted investor sentiment and supported the broader market.
At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77672.32 up by 102.93 points or by 0.13 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24223.25 up by 16.35 points or by 0.07 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77789.29 and intraday low of 76857.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24259.8 and intraday low of 24000.2
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2181.40,+5.43%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1222.50,+5.15%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1104.00,+3.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1501.45,+3.16%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 350.30,+1.68%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 187.85,-1.73%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5235.50,-1.42%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13697.80,-1.16%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2127.50,-1.01%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11596.40,-1.00%), among others.
IT index was at 28206.38 up by 994.45 points or by 3.65%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 589.00,+13.81%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 321.60,+12.82%), Ramco Systems Ltd. (Rs. 886.15,+10.00%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 738.85,+9.01%), C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (Rs. 1179.10,+8.82%),.
CGS index was at 78424.15 down by -677.93 points or by -0.86%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4491.90,-3.93%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1296.30,-3.61%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 4669.00,-2.83%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 3417.65,-2.82%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 13735.05,-2.50%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4745 , shares advanced were 2342 while 2178 shares declined and 225 were unchanged.