Domestic bourses continued to trade higher during the noon trading session supported by buying in index heavyweights including Larsen & Toubro Ltd, NTPC Ltd.Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Bharti Airtel Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.among others.

At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81561.47 up by 223.52 points or by 0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24856.25 up by 35.15 points or by 0.14 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81618.96 and intraday low of 81187.06 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24902.3 and intraday low of 24771.95

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3674.40,+5.13%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 339.55,+1.52%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1732.80,+1.29%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1938.85,+1.09%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12582.25,+0.87%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 669.10,-3.37%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 802.70,-0.75%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1959.20,-0.74%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 304.50,-0.64%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 3358.40,-0.63%), among others.

Power index was at 6776.02 up by 37.63 points or by 0.56%. NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 339.65,+1.55%), Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1341.25,+1.20%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (Rs. 403.20,+0.86%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 242.35,+0.77%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 295.00,+0.63%),.

Auto index was at 53009.44 down by -419.25 points or by -0.78%. Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (Rs. 99.05,-3.41%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 669.00,-3.38%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (Rs. 1187.20,-2.73%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 4249.40,-1.80%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 8038.00,-1.11%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4274 , shares advanced were 2145 while 1942 shares declined and 187 were unchanged.