The Nifty 50 and Sensex opened marginally higher as investors remained cautious while awaiting the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision.

At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74333.29 up by 329.47 points or by 0.45 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23201.6 up by 83 points or by 0.36 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 74505.86 and intraday low of 74187.86 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23201.6 and intraday low of 23201.6

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were ITC Ltd. (Rs. 262.90,+1.90%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3078.70,+1.61%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1272.10,+1.36%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1966.05,+1.34%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 385.45,+1.17%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4746.65,-0.65%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 314.15,-0.46%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 328.70,-0.39%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2243.75,-0.28%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 182.90,-0.27%), among others.

FMCG index was at 17198.8 up by 176.78 points or by 1.04%. Jagatjit Industries Ltd. (Rs. 164.85,+5.00%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1392.00,+2.59%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1001.85,+2.13%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 262.90,+1.90%), Marico Ltd. (Rs. 803.95,+1.51%),.

CGS index was at 73870.07 down by -424.82 points or by -0.57%. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (Rs. 2222.25,-3.51%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1974.75,-3.23%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 4226.95,-3.04%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 1109.95,-2.55%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 29890.00,-2.32%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3299 , shares advanced were 1319 while 1811 shares declined and 169 were unchanged.