Benchmark indices rebounded on Monday in line with a rally in global equity markets on hopes of a potential US Federal Reserve rate cut.
At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81546.95 up by 240.1 points or by 0.3 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24945.2 up by 75.1 points or by 0.3 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 81639.11 and intraday low of 81364.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24973.95 and intraday low of 24894.35
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1534.65,+3.16%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3140.95,+2.86%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1497.20,+2.10%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1534.00,+2.00%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 322.45,+1.11%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1425.45,-0.75%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1921.65,-0.58%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1957.15,-0.42%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 282.35,-0.35%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1335.90,-0.33%), among others.
IT index was at 35680.09 up by 911.22 points or by 2.62%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 943.25,+8.93%),
Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 398.55,+6.96%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 474.35,+5.93%), Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 1277.70,+3.81%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2575.35,+3.44%),.
Bankex index was at 61405.81 down by -69.12 points or by -0.11%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1425.45,-0.75%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1981.90,-0.24%), State Bank of India (Rs. 815.50,-0.07%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1964.50,-0.01%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4145 , shares advanced were 2112 while 1802 shares declined and 231 were unchanged.