The Sensex is swinging zones and is now at 17,103, down 26 points.
All the sectoral indices are now trading flat.
The market breadth is negative, out of 2,603 shares traded, 1,395 have declined and 1,122 have advanced so far on the BSE.
Bharti Airtel has advanced 5% to Rs 440. TCS has added around 3% to Rs 637. ACC, BHEL, Wipro and Infosys are up around 1.5% each.
HDFC, Maruti and NTPC have slipped around 2.5% each to Rs 2,710, Rs 1,659 and Rs 209, respectively.