Indian benchmark indices were trading higher during the noon trading supported by buying in index heavyweights including

At 12:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at was trading at 79772.8 up by 177.21 points or by 0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24208.45 up by 41.2 points or by 0.17 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 80254.55 and intraday low of 79506.9 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24359.3 and intraday low of 24119.95

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1595.80,+7.82%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 655.50,+3.89%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1428.00,+3.81%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1475.85,+3.76%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2897.90,+2.87%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2224.80,-1.89%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1928.35,-1.71%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1200.00,-1.40%), State Bank of India (Rs. 812.15,-1.25%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 9180.00,-0.93%), among others.

IT index was at 34805.32 up by 1301.54 points or by 3.88%. HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1595.80,+7.82%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 422.05,+7.62%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 269.55,+7.28%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 7395.70,+6.34%), Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1363.10,+6.23%),.

CDS index was at 58048.18 down by -688.75 points or by -1.17%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1949.00,-4.49%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1297.50,-3.51%), Havells India Ltd. (Rs. 1616.00,-2.93%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 343.00,-2.90%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Rs. 1094.45,-1.27%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4161 , shares advanced were 1734 while 2230 shares declined and 197 were unchanged.