The Sensex after opening positive in the early trades, fell into the negative terrain on account of profit booking seen in index heavyweights. Consumer durables, power and banking stocks led the declines, while oil & gas, IT, realty rose.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap index rose 0.47% and 0.60% respectively.
Indian stock market started the day on a positive note after a fall of 2.11% on the previous working day. The 30-share index, BSE Sensex opened with a gain of 181.85 points, at 10,763.34 on Friday.
In the previous day session, the Sensex settled with a loss of 227.63 points, or 2.11%, while the NSE Nifty declined by 69.10 points, or 2.07%.
Currently, the 30-share index Sensex is trading down 32.02 points, or 0.30%, at 10,549.47, after touching a high of 10,786.93 and a low of 10,532.52. Meanwhile the broad based Nifty is trading lower by 6.40 points, or 0.20%, at 3,262.90, after hitting a high of 3,335.95 and a low of 3,257.05. (11.14 a.m.)
Overall market breadth is positive. Out of the total 2,099 stocks traded at BSE, 1,083 advanced, 943 declined while 73 remained unchanged.
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Wipro (2.43%), Satyam Computer Services (1.63%), ACC (1.61%), Ranbaxy Laboratories (1.37%), ITC (1.17%), and NTPC (0.51%).
On the other hand, Sterlite Industries (India) (6.18%), Grasim Industries (5.49%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (3.50%), ICICI Bank (3.37%), DLF (2.12%), and Hindustan Unilever (2.12%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
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