Benchmark equity indices BSE SENSEX and NIFTY 50 were trading higher on Thursday, supported by gains in banking stocks and firm Asian market cues amid optimism over the ongoing summit between the US and China.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index wa trading at 74847.72 up by 238.74 points or by 0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23506.4 up by 93.8 points or by 0.4 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 75079.8 and intraday low of 74651.87 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23589.2 and intraday low of 23446.7

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1831.70,+2.44%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 241.30,+1.43%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4137.90,+1.32%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1757.85,+1.26%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3965.35,+1.24%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1117.00,-2.31%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1345.25,-2.16%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2235.00,-1.66%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1107.40,-1.41%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12997.10,-0.82%), among others.

Metal index was at 44145.62 up by 763.92 points or by 1.76%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1099.35,+2.39%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1301.60,+2.10%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 416.20,+1.93%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 92.76,+1.82%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 205.20,+1.79%),.

IT index was at 26688.98 down by -491.77 points or by -1.81%. Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd. (Rs. 237.55,-16.52%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 271.25,-6.80%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 281.65,-5.26%), MosChip Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 208.65,-4.49%), Network People Services Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1045.00,-4.37%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4006 , shares advanced were 1753 while 2058 shares declined and 195 were unchanged.