The Nifty50 and Sensex traded higher amid mixed global cues, supported by gains in IT and auto stocks.

At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75766.07 up by 367.35 points or by 0.49 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23749.6 up by 60 points or by 0.25 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 75792.68 and intraday low of 75251.15 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23796.95 and intraday low of 23663.35

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1128.70,+3.02%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1382.35,+2.76%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2293.70,+2.13%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1143.50,+1.66%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1802.15,+1.63%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1343.50,-1.34%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 4086.85,-1.05%), State Bank of India (Rs. 969.70,-1.01%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 243.70,-0.85%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 427.65,-0.28%), among others.

IT index was at 27269.54 up by 589.21 points or by 2.21%. Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 482.40,+5.59%), VL E-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 14.15,+4.43%), Birlasoft Ltd. (Rs. 323.95,+4.06%), Latent View Analytics Ltd. (Rs. 301.95,+4.03%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 884.35,+3.69%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 27061.02 down by -260.68 points or by -0.95%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 290.05,-1.71%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 371.85,-1.39%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1343.50,-1.34%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 138.55,-1.21%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 154.15,-1.12%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3509 , shares advanced were 1823 while 1484 shares declined and 202 were unchanged.