Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading marginally higher on Friday tracking a sharp rally in Bajaj Finance, foreign fund inflows and a decline in crude oil prices.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77989.23 up by 61.08 points or by 0.08 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24352.1 up by 34.95 points or by 0.14 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78069.91 and intraday low of 77809.93 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24381.25 and intraday low of 24299.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1121.20,+6.17%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1986.25,+4.04%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3394.20,+3.52%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 388.50,+0.96%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11918.00,+0.59%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2368.20,-2.62%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1129.00,-2.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1651.80,-1.02%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 282.50,-0.96%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 750.00,-0.81%), among others.

CGS index was at 77152.95 up by 1485.53 points or by 1.96%. Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 2255.00,+5.75%), KEI Industries Ltd. (Rs. 5046.00,+5.21%), Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (Rs. 3810.10,+5.18%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 874.00,+4.98%), GE Vernova T&D India Ltd. (Rs. 4379.65,+4.28%),.

IT index was at 29431.38 down by -486.03 points or by -1.62%. Expleo Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 808.25,-10.99%), Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (Rs. 690.50,-6.21%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 529.20,-5.00%), Sagility Ltd. (Rs. 44.47,-3.31%), Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 154.00,-2.65%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3980 , shares advanced were 2452 while 1307 shares declined and 221 were unchanged.