Indian stock market benchmarks extended their gains on Wednesday noon with the Sensex rising over 250 points despite volatility.

At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77209.56 up by 291.71 points or by 0.38 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23874.4 up by 63.55 points or by 0.27 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77396.04 and intraday low of 76604.85 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23946.35 and intraday low of 23696.15

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 396.20,+4.32%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 4721.80,+3.66%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 279.90,+2.40%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 5130.00,+2.19%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 990.60,+2.12%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2433.90,-2.75%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1121.00,-2.18%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1406.00,-2.16%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 343.45,-1.77%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 458.00,-1.29%), among others.

CGS index was at 72579.7 up by 2184.48 points or by 3.1%. Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. (Rs. 1032.00,+6.83%), Inox Wind Ltd. (Rs. 63.11,+6.34%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 424.30,+6.22%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 28800.00,+5.19%), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (Rs. 1800.00,+4.91%),.

IT index was at 30214.45 down by -458.12 points or by -1.49%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 159.60,-4.00%), RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 794.45,-3.37%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2433.90,-2.75%), Allied Digital Services Ltd. (Rs. 104.10,-2.35%), Mphasis Ltd. (Rs. 2464.00,-2.22%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4681 , shares advanced were 3092 while 1359 shares declined and 230 were unchanged.