Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade higher on Monday amid sustained foreign fund inflows, a sharp drop in crude oil prices and firm trends in the US markets.

At 10:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81000.19 up by 498.2 points or by 0.62 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24504.05 up by 157.35 points or by 0.65 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81049.03 and intraday low of 80657.71 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24511.3 and intraday low of 24400.65

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1328.50,+4.85%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2014.95,+2.96%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2471.00,+2.55%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 239.45,+2.22%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 309.70,+1.86%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2072.50,-5.15%), State Bank of India (Rs. 789.60,-1.31%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 846.80,-0.64%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 348.10,-0.20%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3324.75,-0.14%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27144.94 up by 469.94 points or by 1.76%. Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 645.75,+7.79%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 409.95,+6.54%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 325.00,+4.48%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 149.55,+4.33%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 201.00,+4.17%),.

Bankex index was at 62356.45 down by -352.78 points or by -0.56%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2072.50,-5.15%), State Bank of India (Rs. 789.60,-1.31%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 846.80,-0.64%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1182.05,-0.01%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3934 , shares advanced were 2487 while 1216 shares declined and 231 were unchanged