Benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, surged on Thursday, supported by strong buying in blue-chip stock Reliance Industries and renewed foreign fund inflows.

Analysts noted that a broadly positive trend in Asian markets also contributed to the upbeat sentiment in domestic equities.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81337.28 up by 339.03 points or by 0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24720 up by 99.8 points or by 0.41 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81461.99 and intraday low of 80983.73 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24761.5 and intraday low of 24613.1

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 256.75,+4.58%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1462.75,+1.81%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 293.30,+1.63%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1443.00,+1.39%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3075.55,+0.77%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8877.55,-1.19%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1934.10,-1.11%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 806.85,-0.95%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12084.10,-0.66%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1164.50,-0.56%), among others.

_HCS index was at 43023.8 up by 350.76 points or by 0.82%. Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. (Rs. 281.45,+7.02%), Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (Rs. 162.70,+3.60%), Indegene Ltd. (Rs. 610.40,+3.48%), Laurus Labs Ltd. (Rs. 643.00,+3.18%), Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd. (Rs. 993.95,+3.14%),.

CDS index was at 57602.86 down by 5.88 points or by 0.01%. Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 14753.00,-1.39%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (Rs. 76.55,-0.31%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 555.95,-0.10%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1499.25,-0.03%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3837 , shares advanced were 2462 while 1139 shares declined and 236 were unchanged.