Indian equities traded in green on Thursday afternoon amid volatility. Consumer durables, auto and energy stocks supported the market, while weakness in information technology and metal shares capped gains.

At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74468.85 up by 122.68 points or by 0.17 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23419.75 up by 14.15 points or by 0.06 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 74544.24 and intraday low of 73807.3 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23462.3 and intraday low of 23247.3

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4200.35,+2.78%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 253.60,+2.63%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1261.75,+1.56%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 280.20,+1.17%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1489.20,+1.10%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1204.00,-1.49%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1713.50,-1.11%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 11001.00,-0.91%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1809.50,-0.81%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1171.45,-0.60%), among others.

CDS index was at 58314.32 up by 1034.94 points or by 1.81%. PG Electroplast Ltd. (Rs. 494.10,+4.82%), Voltas Ltd. (Rs. 1290.05,+4.44%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4200.35,+2.78%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. (Rs. 362.70,+2.70%), Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. (Rs. 11515.35,+2.62%),.

Metal index was at 43970.95 down by -329 points or by -0.74%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 417.15,-4.49%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 197.20,-3.24%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1124.60,-1.28%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 95.04,-1.03%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1299.70,-0.95%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4523 , shares advanced were 2376 while 1938 shares declined and 209 were unchanged.