Indian benchmark indices were trading higher in the afternoon session on October 15 supported by buying in index heavyweight including Bharti Airtel Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd.among others.
At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74158.42 up by 1376.53 points or by 1.89 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22974.75 up by 352.05 points or by 1.56 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74189.65 and intraday low of 72896.38 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22983.35 and intraday low of 22637.4
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1865.70,+3.70%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1633.65,+3.66%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1379.95,+3.04%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1210.50,+2.94%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1367.75,+2.92%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2927.80,-1.27%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4437.00,-0.18%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 381.55,-0.14%), among others.
TECk index was at 15416.45 up by 375.93 points or by 2.5%. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1865.70,+3.70%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1633.65,+3.66%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1367.75,+2.92%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2368.30,+2.88%), Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1611.00,+2.31%),.
CGS index was at 73768.97 down by -1446.81 points or by -1.92%. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 3976.90,-5.09%), Siemens Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 2985.60,-5.08%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 440.90,-4.88%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 821.25,-4.83%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 17081.80,-4.73%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4519 , shares advanced were 1782 while 2494 shares declined and 243 were unchanged.