Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh record high levels, driven by buying in blue-chip stocks HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank and fresh foreign fund inflows.

At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83307.2 up by 227.54 points or by 0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25474.35 up by 55.8 points or by 0.22 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 83315.93 and intraday low of 82949.42 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25481.6 and intraday low of 25380.8

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7650.50,+3.89%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1891.00,+2.30%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1291.00,+1.78%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1695.85,+1.63%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2833.00,+1.61%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4360.00,-3.19%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1603.30,-2.92%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1901.70,-2.61%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1768.75,-2.42%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 151.20,-1.05%), among others.

_Bankex index was at 60011.76 up by 758.26 points or by 1.28%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1291.00,+1.78%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1695.85,+1.63%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1247.00,+1.28%), State Bank of India (Rs. 792.90,+1.26%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1485.50,+1.23%),.

IT index was at 42829.39 down by -1132.69 points or by -2.58%. Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 11559.90,-5.79%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 3020.00,-4.97%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 5483.65,-3.20%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 4360.00,-3.19%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5190.90,-3.08%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4130 , shares advanced were 1806 while 2173 shares declined and 151 were unchanged.