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Category : Market
Headline : Sensex up 592 points; FMCG, IT stocks support
Date: 26/05/2023 14:52
Indian benchmark indices continued to gain strength during the noon trading session with Sensex gaining nearly 600 points supported by buying in index heavyweights including Reliance Industries, Hindalco Industries, Divis Labs, HCL Technologies.

At 14:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62465.16 up by 592.54 points or by 0.96 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18496.85 up by 175.7 points or by 0.96 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 62501.14 and intraday low of 61911.61 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18501.55 and intraday low of 18333.15

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2505.00,+2.72%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1137.70,+1.94%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2646.00,+1.78%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 401.10,+1.75%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 7738.65,+1.75%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 819.35,-0.44%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 237.05,-0.36%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 174.40,-0.03%), among others.

_FMCG index was at 18121.41 up by 225.46 points or by 1.26%. Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 717.00,+8.65%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. (Rs. 11592.00,+5.96%), Varun Beverages Ltd. (Rs. 1701.20,+4.72%), Emami Ltd. (Rs. 399.90,+3.87%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. (Rs. 273.55,+3.19%),.

Power index was at 3841.7 down by -0.67 points or by -0.02%. Adani Transmission Ltd. (Rs. 857.00,-3.86%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 255.35,-1.26%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Rs. 966.55,-0.44%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 237.05,-0.36%), Adani Power Ltd. (Rs. 258.85,-0.19%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3768 , shares advanced were 2017 while 1573 shares declined and 178 were unchanged.