The Sensex and Nifty 50 ended higher for the second consecutive session on Friday, supported by strong buying in IT stocks and positive global market cues.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 74729.27 up by 413.66 points or by 0.56 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23146.15 up by 148.8 points or by 0.65 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74778.78 and intraday low of 74012.99 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23149.85 and intraday low of 22913.8
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1788.00,+8.45%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2463.00,+4.61%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1161.60,+4.55%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1905.00,+2.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2920.00,+2.38%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4688.95,-2.23%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1210.00,-1.09%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2333.00,-1.00%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 377.10,-0.71%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 263.00,-0.66%), among others.
_IT index was at 30396.12 up by 994.62 points or by 3.38%. Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 427.60,+19.99%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 6.06,+19.06%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1788.00,+8.45%), Mindteck (India) Ltd. (Rs. 150.15,+6.94%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 184.40,+6.16%),.
CDS index was at 57505.19 down by -360.33 points or by -0.62%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 12339.00,-2.77%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1030.00,-1.90%), Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1566.60,-1.80%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2333.00,-1.00%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4450.00,0.00%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4848 , shares advanced were 2548 while 2037 shares declined and 263 were unchanged.