Indian equities bounced back on Friday snapping earlier losses. At 9.45 a.m, the Sensex was trading up 128.43 points or 0.35% at 36,479.66 with 19 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 27.15 points or 0.25% at 10,984.25 with 25 components gaining.
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were ICICI Bank (2.22%), Infosys (2.08%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.94%), Reliance Industries (1.64%), Larsen & Toubro (1.17%), and Dr Reddy'S Laboratories (1.02%).
On the other hand, Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.21%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.12%), Power Grid Corporation Of India (0.90%), Asian Paints (0.89%), Bharti Airtel (0.83%), and Cipla (0.79%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Market breadth was negative with 629 advances against 647 declines.
ICICI Bank topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 707.14 million. It was followed by Muthoot Finance (Rs. 624.09 million), Adani Enterprises (Rs. 170.58 million) and Bajaj Finance (Rs. 125.46 million).
The volume chart was led by ICICI Bank with trades of over 2.65 million shares. It was followed by Muthoot Finance (1.62 million), PC Jeweller (1.30 million) and Adani Enterprises (1.08 million).