Benchmarks, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex were trading higher in the noon deal, led by rally in PSU Bank and Oil and Gas shares.

At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81547.17 up by 122.02 points or by 0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25022.5 up by 49.4 points or by 0.2 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81642.22 and intraday low of 81216.91 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25026.35 and intraday low of 24940.15

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 331.45,+1.80%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 328.70,+1.37%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1085.15,+1.34%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 286.70,+1.34%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1612.35,+1.17%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1510.05,-1.47%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3580.05,-1.08%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12405.50,-0.62%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 705.85,-0.44%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2632.90,-0.41%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 26238.59 up by 305.02 points or by 1.18%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 179.20,+3.02%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 143.70,+1.81%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 607.70,+1.66%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 214.75,+1.58%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 397.95,+1.35%),.

IT index was at 35331.7 down by -238.52 points or by -0.67%. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 323.90,-4.34%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 578.25,-3.35%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 3034.65,-3.11%), eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 672.90,-2.50%), InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 539.45,-2.07%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4421 , shares advanced were 2165 while 2056 shares declined and 200 were unchanged.