Indian equities opened in the positive territory on Thursday, tracking positive Asian cues. In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap rose 0.11 per cent and 0.72 per cent, respectively.
On the corporate front, Mishra Dhatu Nigam (MIDHANI) shares jumped 8.08 per cent to ₹428 per share in the intraday trade.
On the currency front, the Indian rupee opened marginally lower at 93.73 per dollar on Thursday versus previous close of 93.69.
At 10:00 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82303.51 up by 424.11 points or by 0.52 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25339.3 up by 84.25 points or by 0.33 %.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1103.80,+2.68%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1896.00,+2.21%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1078.65,+1.74%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 366.75,+1.65%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 404.45,+1.49%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3422.95,-0.97%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2001.90,-0.90%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 324.10,-0.66%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12377.90,-0.45%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1888.65,-0.39%), among others.
In BSE, BSE Realty index was at 7147.02 up by 181.39 points or by 2.6%. Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1664.65,+2.89%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2225.00,+2.82%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1789.65,+2.77%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1202.40,+2.77%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 561.00,+2.72%),.
Whereas, BSE Oil&Gas index was at 26858.03 down by -41.61 points or by -0.15%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 227.20,-3.32%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 146.45,-1.05%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 188.00,-0.84%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 395.95,-0.76%), Oil India Ltd. (Rs. 441.90,-0.70%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3887 , shares advanced were 2553 while 1122 shares declined and 212 were unchanged.