Indian stock markets were trading higher today, driven by strong buying in auto, pharmaceutical, and PSU bank stocks.

At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 80755.75 up by 18.24 points or by 0.02 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24584.15 up by 41.65 points or by 0.17 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 80967.68 and intraday low of 80746.4 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24612.75 and intraday low of 24558.45

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1863.80,+1.21%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 710.50,+0.99%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 806.50,+0.78%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3067.00,+0.67%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1552.05,+0.54%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 10938.55,-0.99%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3492.85,-0.79%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3378.05,-0.79%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1428.70,-0.65%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1429.25,-0.24%), among others.

CGS index was at 70898.33 up by 309.93 points or by 0.44%. SKF India Ltd. (Rs. 4814.00,+3.81%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 20099.50,+3.16%), Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (Rs. 2039.05,+3.15%), CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 684.00,+0.91%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Rs. 5025.30,+0.84%),.

Realty index was at 7549.41 down by -78.47 points or by -1.03%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1197.05,-2.86%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1587.00,-1.87%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1770.45,-1.46%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 572.60,-1.42%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1512.20,-1.33%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3181 , shares advanced were 1695 while 1313 shares declined and 173 were unchanged.