Indian equity benchmarks the Sensex and Nifty held on to their strong gap-up gains in early trade on Tuesday, supported by sustained buying interest after the much-awaited trade agreement between India and the United States was finalised late Monday night, boosting overall market sentiment.

At 12:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83956.68 up by 2290.22 points or by 2.8 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25829.3 up by 740.9 points or by 2.95 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 85871.73 and intraday low of 83501.22 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 26341.2 and intraday low of 25641.3

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1520.90,+8.41%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 956.75,+5.79%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4916.20,+4.88%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 283.15,+4.81%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1707.20,+4.81%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were among others.

Realty index was at 6375.52 up by 311.59 points or by 5.14%. Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1695.95,+8.68%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1039.70,+8.13%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 781.15,+5.49%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1487.00,+4.55%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 654.00,+4.31%),.

FMCG index was at 18682.52 down by 170.85 points or by 0.92%. Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1155.10,-1.29%), Sundrop Brands Ltd. (Rs. 616.50,-1.08%), Eveready Industries India Ltd. (Rs. 316.15,-0.96%), Britannia Industries Ltd. (Rs. 5847.15,-0.64%), Emami Ltd. (Rs. 480.75,-0.24%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4443 , shares advanced were 3382 while 887 shares declined and 174 were unchanged.