Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in green as investors became cheerful after the GST Council approved a complete overhaul of the tangled Goods and Services Tax regime.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81005.67 up by 437.96 points or by 0.54 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24873.75 up by 158.7 points or by 0.64 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81456.67 and intraday low of 80949 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24980.75 and intraday low of 24829.5

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3480.30,+5.96%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 943.20,+5.21%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2019.65,+2.71%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1222.70,+2.35%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 417.85,+1.54%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 761.50,-0.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 323.30,-0.83%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14820.05,-0.68%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1569.30,-0.65%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1469.90,-0.64%), among others.

Auto index was at 58627.15 up by 896.29 points or by 1.55%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3480.30,+5.96%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6473.00,+1.71%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1299.10,+1.24%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 3075.75,+1.15%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3433.80,+0.99%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 26034.64 down by -102.09 points or by -0.39%. Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 398.40,-1.04%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 236.90,-0.94%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 176.45,-0.87%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1364.35,-0.52%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 217.80,-0.46%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4072 , shares advanced were 2279 while 1547 shares declined and 246 were unchanged.