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Indian equities traded higher on Friday, supported by a strong rally in IT stocks. Infosys led the gains with a 1.6% rise, followed by advances in TCS, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies.
That apart, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, BEL, L&T, Tata Steel, and Axis Bank were some of the other top gainers, supporting the rally in the benchmark indices.
At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81686.19 up by 137.46 points or by 0.17 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25051.95 up by 46.45 points or by 0.19 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81836.66 and intraday low of 81641.38 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25089.75 and intraday low of 25038.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 717.35,+1.63%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1101.00,+1.25%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 15275.05,+1.18%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1524.00,+0.96%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3572.50,+0.94%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2595.00,-1.01%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1212.00,-0.68%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 326.00,-0.62%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 962.90,-0.54%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1513.70,-0.46%), among others.
Auto index was at 60235.72 up by 520.06 points or by 0.87%. Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 103.49,+2.78%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6876.55,+1.77%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 717.35,+1.63%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1229.10,+1.46%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 1025.20,+1.34%),.
FMCG index was at 20830.15 down by -102.47 points or by -0.49%. Mukka Proteins Ltd. (Rs. 28.19,-1.98%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1245.00,-1.90%), Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. (Rs. 115.35,-1.37%), Dabur India Ltd. (Rs. 536.80,-1.34%), Britannia Industries Ltd. (Rs. 6221.00,-1.27%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3486 , shares advanced were 2036 while 1255 shares declined and 195 were unchanged.
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