Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply higher on Friday, rebounding from a two-session losing streak amid broad-based buying, gains in IT stocks and easing crude oil prices.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 72472.33 up by 879.09 points or by 1.23 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22520.45 up by 288.65 points or by 1.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 72669.2 and intraday low of 71739.49 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22580.75 and intraday low of 22294.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 266.20,+4.78%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2163.00,+4.23%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1760.00,+3.36%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1024.05,+3.01%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1214.30,+2.84%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1170.80,-0.55%), among others.
_IT index was at 27406.62 up by 774.95 points or by 2.91%. R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 271.95,+11.84%), Allied Digital Services Ltd. (Rs. 109.00,+10.60%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1158.65,+6.31%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 299.95,+5.91%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 154.20,+5.87%),.
Oil&Gas index was at 24157.89 down by 56.93 points or by 0.24%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 326.00,-0.67%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1170.80,-0.55%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 443.00,-0.09%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4867 , shares advanced were 2669 while 1959 shares declined and 239 were unchanged.