Indian equity benchmarks traded in positive territory on Friday, October 16, supported by gains in IT and metal stocks.
At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74634.75 up by 319.14 points or by 0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23086.95 up by 89.6 points or by 0.39 %.
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. 1781.30,+8.04%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2458.20,+4.41%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1158.00,+4.23%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1900.75,+2.63%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2920.50,+2.40%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4691.50,-2.18%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1209.90,-1.10%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1875.90,-0.97%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2334.10,-0.95%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 262.35,-0.91%), among others.
_IT index was at 30343.48 up by 941.98 points or by 3.2%. Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 427.60,+19.99%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 5.94,+16.70%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1780.00,+7.96%), Mindteck (India) Ltd. (Rs. 150.00,+6.84%), TVS Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 396.00,+6.45%),.
FMCG index was at 16978.59 down by -106.87 points or by -0.63%. CCL Products India Ltd. (Rs. 1005.00,-7.22%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd. (Rs. 278.10,-6.02%), Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 620.00,-5.31%), Mukka Proteins Ltd. (Rs. 27.60,-4.27%), Krishival Foods Ltd. (Rs. 371.25,-3.58%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4735 , shares advanced were 2494 while 1980 shares declined and 261 were unchanged.