Mumbai, Sep 29 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets held on to its early morning gains around noon Tuesday and was ruling 1.02 percent higher than its previous close.
At 12.18 p.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,829.11 points, was ruling at 16,863.94 points – 170.94 points or 1.02 percent higher than Friday’s close of 16,693 points.
Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too was trading in the positive terrain at 5,007.85 points, up 0.81 percent.
Broader market indices were also in the positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index trading 1.04 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index moving up 1.36 percent.
The market breadth was positive, with 1,778 stocks advancing, 768 declining and 67 remaining unchanged.
Among the gainers at this time on the Sensex were: Sun Pharma, up 5.67 percent at Rs.1,385.30; TCS, up 4.15 percent at Rs.611.40; Wipro, up 3.19 percent at Rs.585.25, ICICI Bank, up 2.52 percent at Rs.859.70.
Among losers were Grasim Industries, down 1.15 percent at Rs.2,801.70; SBI, down 0.67 percent at Rs.2,124.80; Jaiprakash Associates, down 0.46 percent at Rs.236.25, and Maruti Suzuki, down 0.35 percent at Rs.1,635.
Most Asian markets were in the green.
The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 90.68 points or 0.91 percent higher at 10,100.2 points.
The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng, was up 417.65 points or 2.03 percent at 21,006.06 points.
The Kospi, benchmark index of the Korean Stock Exchange, was also in the positive terrain, moving up 14.5 points or 0.87 percent at 1,690.05 points.
However, at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the benchmark SSE Composite was ruling 0.69 percent down at 2,744.52 points.
