Indian benchmark indices continued to gain strength during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Titan Company Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. among others.

At 12:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62576.23 up by 147.69 points or by 0.24 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18521.4 up by 33.65 points or by 0.18 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 62719.84 and intraday low of 62379.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18573.7 and intraday low of 18478.4

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 2862.40,+1.26%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2726.25,+1.06%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 107.00,+0.99%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 9415.00,+0.93%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1329.90,+0.84%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1304.65,-1.12%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3310.75,-0.38%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 173.80,-0.29%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7022.90,-0.25%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 406.30,-0.23%), among others.

Realty index was at 3926.79 up by 48.15 points or by 1.24%. Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 69.51,+3.58%), Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (Rs. 451.75,+2.61%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 571.15,+2.20%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 961.15,+2.18%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1429.45,+1.89%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 17852.52 down by -98.46 points or by -0.55%. Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 673.00,-3.01%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (Rs. 475.00,-2.76%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 460.60,-2.34%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 104.70,-0.66%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 90.17,-0.36%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3747 , shares advanced were 2287 while 1279 shares declined and 181 were unchanged.