Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the noon trading session amid buying in shares of Eternal, Adani Ports, Power Grid, Reliance Industries, M&M, and HDFC Bank.

At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81468.38 up by 470.13 points or by 0.58 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24729.85 up by 109.65 points or by 0.45 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81911.13 and intraday low of 80983.73 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24899.85 and intraday low of 24613.1

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 257.05,+4.70%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 294.75,+2.13%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1454.80,+1.66%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1445.95,+1.60%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1457.85,+1.47%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 803.10,-1.41%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1160.45,-0.91%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1938.50,-0.88%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 8933.30,-0.57%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2242.00,-0.32%), among others.

Realty index was at 7722.07 up by 153.16 points or by 2.02%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1281.10,+5.55%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1595.90,+5.30%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 826.90,+2.90%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1626.00,+2.80%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2314.75,+2.24%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 26850.34 down by -30.29 points or by -0.11%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 401.15,-1.35%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 139.30,-1.03%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 206.75,-1.01%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 308.75,-0.90%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 678.15,-0.64%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4252 , shares advanced were 2347 while 1719 shares declined and 186 were unchanged.