Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by auto metal, energy, power indices among others.

At 14:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 60751.51 up by 467.2 points or by 0.77 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18181.55 up by 189.6 points or by 1.05 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 60836.63 and intraday low of 60452.29 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18197.8 and intraday low of 18050.75

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 933.40,+4.92%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 199.60,+3.26%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 248.00,+2.78%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1404.90,+2.22%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1753.75,+2.09%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 7491.45,-2.62%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2648.45,-0.99%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 19337.50,-0.40%), State Bank of India (Rs. 481.25,-0.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 18159.85,-0.36%), among others.

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 933.40,+4.92%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 199.60,+3.26%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 248.00,+2.78%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1404.90,+2.22%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 1753.75,+2.09%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 7491.45,-2.62%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2648.45,-0.99%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 19337.50,-0.40%), State Bank of India (Rs. 481.25,-0.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 18159.85,-0.36%), among others.

Auto index was at 26601.42 up by 867.71 points or by 3.37%. Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 504.20,+19.82%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 935.50,+5.16%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 146.00,+4.92%), Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (Rs. 253.05,+3.22%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 576.75,+0.54%),.

Realty index was at 4231.77 down by -9.08 points or by -0.21%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 829.00,-3.08%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 457.50,-2.90%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 966.55,-1.08%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 150.95,-0.92%), DLF Ltd. (Rs. 427.70,-0.30%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3727 , shares advanced were 1871 while 1683 shares declined and 173 were unchanged.