Key benchmark indices were almost flat after hitting fresh intraday high in mid-morning trade. At 11:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 1.83 points or 0.01% at 33,687.39. The Nifty 50 index was down 8.85 points or 0.08% at 10,443.65.
Indices opened lower, tracking mixed cues from other Asian stocks. Key benchmarks hit fresh intraday low in morning trade. The indices, however, recovered as buying emerged at lower levels in mid-morning trade.
The Sensex rose 26.73 points, or 0.08% at the day's high of 33,712.29 in mid-morning trade. The index fell 103.18 points, or 0.31% at the day's low of 33,582.38 in morning trade. The Nifty rose 0.75 points, or 0.01% at the day's high of 10,453.25 in mid-morning trade. The index fell 38.75 points, or 0.37% at the day's low of 10,413.75 in morning trade.
Among secondary barometers, the BSE Mid-Cap index was up 0.56%. The BSE Small-Cap index was up 0.58%. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive. On BSE, 1,424 shares rose and 1,057 shares fell. A total of 120 shares were unchanged.
Pharmaceutical shares were mixed. Wockhardt (up 4.71%), Cadila Healthcare (up 2.03%), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.75%), Alkem Laboratories (up 1.60%), Cipla (up 0.98%), IPCA Laboratories (up 0.96%), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (up 0.54%) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.15%), edged higher. Lupin (down 0.27%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.31%), Strides Shasun (down 0.35%), Divi's Laboratories (down 0.53%), Piramal Enterprises (down 0.68%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.05%), edged lower.
Most IT stocks rose. Hexaware Technologies (up 1.82%), Oracle Financial Services Software (up 0.75%), MindTree (up 0.46%), TCS (up 0.22%), Wipro (up 0.20%) and Tech Mahindra (up 0.08%), edged higher. Persistent Systems (down 0.31%), MphasiS (down 0.33%), Infosys (down 0.35%) and HCL Technologies (down 0.64%), edged lower.
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Minutes from the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) September meeting released Monday showed most policymakers thought the central bank should keep its current policy guidelines. Meanwhile, Japan's service sector grew at its fastest pace in two years in October as new orders rose sharply in a strong start to the fourth quarter. The Nikkei-Markit services purchasing managers' index rose to 53.4 in October, up from 51.0 in the previous month and its strongest since August 2015.
Traders are keeping an eye on President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia. After a few days in Tokyo and Seoul, Trump will arrive in China on Wednesday, 8 November 2017, with executives from some 40 companies seeking deals in sectors ranging from energy to aviation to financial services.
Investors were also cautious as Saudi Arabia's crown prince cemented his power through an anti-corruption crackdown. Oil prices firmed up as Mohammed bin Salman's purge led to arrests of royals, ministers and investors including prominent business billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal.
US stocks closed at records on Friday, 3 November 2017, with major indexes extending their lengthy upward moves on the back of strong results at Apple, which offset a mixed set of economic data, including a lackluster October jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.7%, and the S&P 500 gained 0.3%.
US payrolls data provided a mixed picture of the strength of the labor market, though distortions from the hurricanes in August made it difficult to draw firm conclusions. The US economy added 261,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate was 4.1% as labor conditions returned to normal following the storm-weakened September.
Meanwhile, Trump announced last week that US Fed Governor Jerome Powell will be nominated to replace Janet Yellen as the future chairman when her term expires in February 2018.
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