Domestic bourses were trading higher during the morning deals supported by buying in index heavyweights including Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd, Eternal Ltd. State Bank of India and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. among others.

At 10:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79739.15 up by 330.65 points or by 0.42 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24217.4 up by 91.85 points or by 0.38 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 79781.01 and intraday low of 79253.44 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24219.9 and intraday low of 24072

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2294.05,+2.30%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1961.00,+1.74%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 237.80,+1.56%), State Bank of India (Rs. 829.20,+1.54%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2381.55,+1.34%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 798.65,-3.55%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1425.20,-1.74%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 315.30,-1.45%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2082.00,-1.06%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1868.20,-0.82%), among others.

Realty index was at 6826.05 up by 126.09 points or by 1.88%. Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 509.75,+3.44%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1659.95,+2.98%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1701.05,+2.66%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1270.50,+2.25%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1322.40,+2.15%),.

TECk index was at 16850.35 down by -76.62 points or by -0.45%. Just Dial Ltd. (Rs. 1000.85,-2.71%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 116.64,-1.78%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1426.00,-1.69%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1869.40,-0.75%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 237.20,-0.52%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3920 , shares advanced were 2710 while 1035 shares declined and 175 were unchanged.