The benchmark indices opened for trade on a firm note amid strong cues from global peers and hopes of continuity in easy RBI money policy following the latest inflation print.

At 9:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 58365.12 up by 187.36 points or by 0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17423.7 up by 68.4 points or by 0.39 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 58482.62 and intraday low of 58310.27 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17438.55 and intraday low of 17389.1

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 797.40,+1.26%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1222.80,+1.26%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1854.00,+0.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1440.65,+0.85%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 3729.55,+0.82%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2773.30,-0.41%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 693.50,-0.30%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 2841.00,-0.23%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1688.10,-0.17%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7436.00,-0.12%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 17588.86 up by 154.61 points or by 0.89%. GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 151.55,+3.87%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 115.35,+1.18%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 273.00,+0.79%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 595.60,+0.74%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 231.70,+0.74%),.

_FMCG index was at 14960.05 down by 7.65 points or by 0.05%. Marico Ltd. (Rs. 564.15,-1.97%), Agro Tech Foods Ltd. (Rs. 1033.00,-1.38%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. (Rs. 185.00,-1.36%), Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 408.10,-1.02%), EID Parry (India) Ltd. (Rs. 422.65,-0.87%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2848 , shares advanced were 1913 while 810 shares declined and 125 were unchanged.