The key equity benchmarks traded near the day's low in morning trade. The Nifty was trading below the 17,200 mark. Realty stocks advanced for the second day in a row.
At 10:24 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 116.51 points or 0.20% to 57,479.17. The Nifty 50 index lost 37.20 points or 0.22% to 17,185.55.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.15% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.31%.
Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 1724 shares rose and 1308 shares fell. A total of 155 shares were unchanged.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty Realty index rose 0.96% to 448. The index has added 1.46% in two sessions.
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Prestige Estates (up2.26%), Godrej Properties (up 1.90%), DLF (up 0.90%), Oberoi Realty (up 0.69%), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 0.62%) and Sobha Developers (up 0.50%) advanced.
Macrotech Developers (down 1.99%), Brigade Enterprises (down 0.63%), The Phoenix Mills (down 0.57%) and Sunteck Realty (down 0.31%) declined.
Stocks in Spotlight:
GTPL Hathway rose 1.76% to Rs 197.05. The company announced its partnership with Verimatrix to onboard its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to protect its Google Android TV-based DVB Hybrid set top box.
Lumax Auto Technologies added 0.78% to Rs 180.90. The application filed by the company along with its subsidiaries under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for automobile and auto component industry (PLI-AUTO) has been approved by IFCI.
Capri Global Capital gained 0.67% to Rs 620.10. Capri Global Housing Finance, a wholly owned subsidy of Capri Global Capital, has entered a co-lending alliance with State Bank of India (SBI).
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