Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back in green during the morning session on Thursday amid buying seen in index heavyweights including Tata Motors Ltd.Bharti Airtel Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. , Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone among others.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81454.14 up by 123.58 points or by 0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24567.55 down by -99.35 points or by -0.4 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81457.67 and intraday low of 80762.16 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24706.75 and intraday low of 24494.45

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 705.80,+0.97%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1843.00,+0.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1611.50,+0.45%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1376.50,+0.40%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 772.85,-1.11%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 293.65,-0.81%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3077.40,-0.78%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12589.00,-0.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 235.25,-0.65%), among others.

Metal index was at 30998.34 up by 428.63 points or by 1.4%. JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1008.05,+1.90%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 440.60,+0.36%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 403.40,+0.10%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 941.80,+0.06%),.

Power index was at 6653.14 down by -4 points or by -0.06%. Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1440.50,-0.85%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 293.65,-0.81%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 2987.60,-0.63%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.70,-0.34%), ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 5622.55,-0.23%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2710 , shares advanced were 1667 while 886 shares declined and 157 were unchanged.