Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying seen in index heavyweights including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd. , Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. , Bajaj Auto Ltd. among others.

At 12:38 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 52734.06 up by 80.99 points or by 0.15 % and then NSE Nifty was at 15811.65 up by 33.2 points or by 0.21 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 52799.67 and intraday low of 52555.39 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15823.25 and intraday low of 15744.85

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1223.25,+8.47%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1036.50,+2.87%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 752.50,+2.84%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 171.50,+2.45%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 3845.60,+2.20%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 432.50,-2.09%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 14302.50,-1.97%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 6283.55,-1.73%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 561.15,-1.01%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 17760.50,-0.83%), among others. Among the sectors, Auto index was at 22641.73 up by 344.06 points or by 1.54%. Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 134.15,+7.11%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 588.20,+4.76%), Escorts Ltd. (Rs. 1180.90,+3.84%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2381.55,+3.18%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 753.90,+3.03%),.

Bankex index was at 39262.7 down by -68.94 points or by -0.18%. State Bank of India (Rs. 432.45,-2.11%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 682.80,-0.67%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 988.35,-0.36%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 715.25,-0.27%), Bandhan Bank Ltd. (Rs. 292.20,-0.12%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3415 , shares advanced were 1998 while 1267 shares declined and 150 were unchanged.