Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Wednesday tracking a positive trend in Asian markets.

Japan securing a trade deal with the US propelled a rally in Asian markets, which in turn added to optimistic trend in domestic equities, an expert said.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82337.16 up by 150.35 points or by 0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25108.4 up by 47.5 points or by 0.19 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 82475.45 and intraday low of 82279.73 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25149.85 and intraday low of 25085.5

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 690.35,+2.53%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12693.10,+1.57%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 964.80,+1.30%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1921.00,+0.77%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 343.05,+0.65%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2465.40,-0.62%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1538.25,-0.56%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 298.50,-0.45%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2356.35,-0.37%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3458.70,-0.34%), among others.

Auto index was at 53855.8 up by 444.42 points or by 0.83%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 690.20,+2.51%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 1025.00,+1.69%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12692.10,+1.56%), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 98.45,+1.18%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 8382.55,+1.07%),.

Realty index was at 7518.87 down by -208.75 points or by -2.7%. Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1350.15,-6.44%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1755.55,-3.83%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1742.45,-2.82%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1055.70,-2.79%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2313.10,-2.11%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3866 , shares advanced were 1633 while 2007 shares declined and 226 were unchanged.