Indian equity markets opened higher on Friday, bucking the weak trend seen across global markets.
At 9:34 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77687.48 up by 500.61 points or by 0.65 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24187.85 up by 115.1 points or by 0.48 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 77718.28 and intraday low of 77308 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24194.9 and intraday low of 24099.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1550.05,+2.56%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1102.50,+1.98%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1205.00,+1.43%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2232.15,+1.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3162.00,+1.33%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1942.55,-0.38%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1914.70,-0.37%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2853.15,-0.22%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11757.20,-0.19%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5259.00,-0.15%), among others.
IT index was at 28141.85 up by 300.94 points or by 1.08%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1550.05,+2.56%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 312.50,+2.34%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1102.50,+1.98%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 273.25,+1.79%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5138.90,+1.56%),.
HCS index was at 49943.49 down by -475.02 points or by -0.94%. Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd. (Rs. 1351.95,-4.40%), Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (Rs. 241.60,-3.46%), Fermenta Biotech Ltd. (Rs. 444.15,-3.44%), Supriya Lifescience Ltd. (Rs. 823.50,-3.31%), Novartis India Ltd. (Rs. 1552.50,-3.17%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3287 , shares advanced were 1293 while 1826 shares declined and 168 were unchanged.