Equity benchmarks continued to remain higher in noon trade with the Nifty holding 8500 level, supported by ITC, Lupin, ICICI Bank and SBI.
Heritage Foods shares gained more than 7 percent after sources told CNBC-TV18 that Future Group may announce acquisition of retail outlets from the company today.
Equity benchmarks continued to remain higher in noon trade with the Nifty holding 8500 level, supported by ITC, Lupin, ICICI Bank and SBI.
The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 209.14 points at 27483.29 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 76 points to 8509.75 while the BSE Midcap and Smallcap continued to outperform benchmarks, rising over a percent on strong market breadth.
