Indian benchmark indices trimmed most of the early gains but continued to trade in green during the noon trading session.

At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80729.99 up by 162.28 points or by 0.2 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24723.2 up by 8.15 points or by 0.03 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81456.67 and intraday low of 80624.19 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24980.75 and intraday low of 24713.25

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3484.55,+6.09%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 934.25,+4.21%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2005.30,+1.98%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 1213.75,+1.60%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 416.20,+1.14%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.30,-1.64%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 14698.40,-1.49%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 757.55,-1.40%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 330.00,-1.30%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1448.10,-1.23%), among others.

Auto index was at 58274.84 up by 543.98 points or by 0.94%. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3481.70,+6.00%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3448.00,+1.41%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 6434.65,+1.11%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (Rs. 1017.00,+0.23%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5359.00,+0.19%),.

Power index was at 6544.82 down by -63.55 points or by -0.96%. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 211.65,-2.42%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 281.40,-1.61%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 383.35,-1.47%), NHPC Ltd. (Rs. 78.25,-1.44%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 329.75,-1.38%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4409 , shares advanced were 1966 while 2269 shares declined and 174 were unchanged.