The Sensex is lacklustre and is now at 17,170, up five points. The NSE Nifty is at 5,131, up two points.
Among the sensex-30 stocks, Reliance Industries and ONGC have added 1.5% each at Rs 1,044 and Rs 1,083, respectively.
Tata Motors, TCS, Sun Pharma have added 0.5% each on the BSE.
HDFC Bank and ITC are the major losers on the BSE, down 1% each at Rs 1,785 and Rs 256, respectively.
The other major losers were ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Sterlite and ACC, down 0.5% each.
The market breadth is positive, out of 2,176 shares traded, 1,262 have advanced and 844 have declined so far on the BSE.
Among the sectoral indices, Oil & gas & consumer durables indices have added 1% each.
The BSE Bankex and the FMCG indices have declined 0.5% each .
The BSE midcap and the smallcap indices are up 0.5% each at 6,671 and 8,421, respectively.
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