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Category : market
Headline : Indices trade in the green; FMCG, IT drag, auto, bank, realty gain
Date: 16/05/2022 15:04
Domestic bourses were trading in green during the noon trading session as capital goods, auto, realty, power and PSU bank indices up 1-3 percent. However, some selling is seen in the IT and FMCG names.

At 14:50 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 53036.95 up by 243.33 points or by 0.46 % and then NSE Nifty was at 15893.35 up by 111.2 points or by 0.7 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 53428.28 and intraday low of 52632.48 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15977.95 and intraday low of 15739.65.

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 148.20,+2.88%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 5650.10,+2.45%), State Bank of India (Rs. 455.90,+2.44%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1818.85,+2.20%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 7250.50,+2.09%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 6027.75,-2.78%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2986.00,-2.58%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 253.80,-1.88%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1187.05,-1.27%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 16221.70,-1.12%), among others.

Realty index was at 3128.66 up by 70.52 points or by 2.31%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 536.90,+6.06%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 910.25,+5.81%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 425.95,+4.54%), Sunteck Realty Ltd. (Rs. 402.65,+3.20%), Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 73.00,+3.03%),.

IT index was at 29798.77 down by -168.51 points or by -0.56%. Affle (India) Ltd. (Rs. 970.65,-6.07%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 290.90,-3.71%), Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Rs. 3135.10,-2.97%), L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Rs. 3408.30,-2.78%), Cybertech Systems & Software Ltd. (Rs. 141.05,-2.69%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3774 , shares advanced were 2230 while 1332 shares declined and 212 were unchanged.