Markers pare gains, the Sensex has risen 50 points to 20,497 and the Nifty has risen 22 points to 6165.
Witnessing profit booking in FMCG and Capital Goods sectors, down 0.6% and 0.2% each.
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The European markets continue to trade lacklustre FTSE is down 27 points at 5565 and CAC is down 36 points at 3655.
The Sensex is at 20,515 up 70 points and The Nifty is at 6165 up 22 points.
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The market breadth has narrowed down is marginally positive as 1525 stocks are advancing and 1425 stocks are declining.
The Mid-cap index is up 50 points at 8264 and Small-cap index is up 60 points at 10,463. The BSE 500 market breadth is positive as 301 stocks are advancing while 191 stocks are declining.
Profit booking is seen in Bharti Airtel, Sterlite Industries, L&T, Hero Honda and Tata Power.
Mahindra & Mahindra, RCom, ICICI Bank, J P Associates and Tata Motors are among the Sensex gainers up more than 1.5% each.
Bhushan Steel continues to be the top gainer among the Mid-caps the stock is up nearly 16% at Rs 502 frollowed by Uco Bank, manappuram General Finance and Leasing, Edelweiss Capital and Sirgun Holdings up more than 5% each.
Among the Small-caps, VIP Industries continues to hold its ground, the stock is up 17% at Rs 736 followed by Sujana Metals, India Glycols, Kewal Kiran, Ganesh Housing and Sujana Towers up more than 10% each.
Meanwhile, Consumer Durables index isthe top sectoral gainer up 1.56% at 6535 followed by Healthcare, Auto and Realty indices up more than 1% each. The Capital Goods index is the only loser among the sectoral indices.
VIP Industries leads the Consumer Durables chart followed by Rajesh Exports, Whirlpool, Titan Industries and Blue Star.