Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Infosys Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services , HCL Technologies Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra among others.

At 12:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81709.31 up by 402.46 points or by 0.49 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24991.1 up by 121 points or by 0.49 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81736.6 and intraday low of 81364.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24993.9 and intraday low of 24894.35

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1536.25,+3.27%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3148.10,+3.09%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1506.90,+2.76%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1530.15,+1.74%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 773.15,+1.74%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1151.20,-0.92%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2485.15,-0.76%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1430.00,-0.43%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1980.00,-0.33%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3392.15,-0.31%), among others.

IT index was at 35685.88 up by 917.01 points or by 2.64%. RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 533.75,+7.78%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 474.00,+5.85%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 914.85,+5.65%), Mastek Ltd. (Rs. 2607.95,+4.75%), AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1265.35,+4.07%),.

CGS index was at 67105.85 down by -45.17 points or by -0.07%. Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 19440.75,-2.21%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 142.20,-1.28%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 57.95,-0.96%), Finolex Cables Ltd. (Rs. 841.60,-0.94%), SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 4481.40,-0.68%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4399 , shares advanced were 2147 while 2031 shares declined and 221 were unchanged.