Benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty50, opened on a strong note on Thursday, despite mixed cues.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 85184.47 up by 758.13 points or by 0.9 % and then NSE Nifty was at 26053.1 up by 184.5 points or by 0.71 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 85221.09 and intraday low of 84867.97 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26066.9 and intraday low of 25991.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1526.50,+3.70%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1527.25,+2.65%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1482.60,+2.37%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1262.65,+2.16%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2235.00,+1.78%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 336.35,-0.50%), among others.

IT index was at 35337.61 up by 773.07 points or by 2.24%. Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 376.90,+7.36%), Sonata Software Ltd. (Rs. 377.90,+3.95%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1526.50,+3.70%), Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 894.30,+3.64%), Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 912.00,+3.51%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 27671.34 down by 33.39 points or by 0.12%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 444.65,-2.38%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 152.70,-0.88%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 336.95,-0.62%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3722 , shares advanced were 2011 while 1521 shares declined and 190 were unchanged.