Sensex pares gains after near 100-point rally; Nifty50 trades around 8,150

The S&P BSE Sensex pared gains after rallying approx 90 points in morning trade on 29^th  Wed, led by gains in HDFC Bank BSE 0.55 percent, Asian Paints BSE 1.47 percent, Lupin BSE 0.84 percent, and  Sun Pharma BSE 0.48 percent.

The Nifty50 was trading around its vital level of 8,150 supported by gains in realty, oil & gas, consumer durables, banks, and capital goods stocks.

At 09:20 am: The 30-share index was trading 60 pts upper or 0.24 % at 26,456. It touched a high of 26,484.07 and a low down of 26,402.23 in morning trade.

The Nifty50 was trading at 8,155 up 13 points or 0.16 %. It touched a high of 8,173.40 and a low of 8,142.40 in the first 30 minutes of trade.

The S&P BSE Midcap Index was moving upward 0.65 %

BSE S&P Smallcap Index was trading 0.77 % higher.

HDFC Bank (up 0.8 %), ICICI Bank (up 1 %), TCS (up 0.5 %) and Maruti Suzuki (up 1.1 %) were the major Sensex gainers.