Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the morning deals as sentiments remained upbeat after India's economy grew at a rate of 6.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022-23, beating expectations and helping to push the full-year growth rate to 7.2%. This makes India the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62695.98 up by 73.74 points or by 0.12 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18562.45 up by 28.05 points or by 0.15 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 62751.89 and intraday low of 62526.18 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18580 and intraday low of 18514.4

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2725.00,+2.41%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3244.75,+1.46%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3334.55,+1.32%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2663.80,+0.91%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 922.65,+0.87%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 829.80,-3.22%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1938.75,-2.80%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 9242.10,-1.24%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 443.10,-0.49%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1446.55,-0.42%), among others.

Realty index was at 3881.17 up by 48.01 points or by 1.25%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 554.45,+6.55%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 560.75,+2.95%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1504.85,+2.31%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1411.40,+1.59%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 943.60,+1.41%),.

Metal index was at 19424.06 down by -118.63 points or by -0.61%. Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 230.80,-4.31%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 512.20,-1.07%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 83.21,-0.70%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1128.80,-0.70%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 82.15,-0.42%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3482 , shares advanced were 2240 while 1078 shares declined and 164 were unchanged.