The Mid-cap and Small-cap indices have outperformed the benchmark indices.
The Mid-cap index is up 0.66% or 54 points at 8324 and the Small-cap index is higher by more than one per cent or 109 points at 10,547.
Sintex industries leads the rally among the Mid-caps, the stock is up more than 9% at Rs 436 followed by Hindustan Oils, K S Oils, Patni Computers and Bank of Maharashtra up more than 5% each.
Among the Small-caps Swaraj Mazda is the top gainer up 20% at Rs 411 followed by Reliance Mediaworks, Swaraj Engines, Hinduja Foundries, Aarti Industries and Kasturi Global up more than 10% each.
Meanwhile the largecaps have taken a breather. The Sensex is down 20 points at 20,455 and Nifty is down 7 points 6152.
RCom is the top gainer among the Sensex stocks up 2.5% at Rs 176 followed by Reliance Infrastructure, BHEL, J P Associates ACC and Jindal Steel.
Meanwhile, some profit booking is visible in Hindustan Unilever, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Wipro, ICICI Bank and ITC.
Among the sectotral indices Consumer Durables index is the top gainer u
p 63 points at 6592 followed by Power, Oil & Gas and Healthcare indices up more than 0.5% each. However FMCG index and Bankex are in the red.
VIP Industries is the top gainer among the Consumer Durables stocks, the stock is trading at Rs 785 up 5% followed by Videocon Industries, Bajaj Electricals and Whirlpool.
Among the FMCG stocks Ruchi Soya is the top loser down nearly 2% at Rs 134 followed by Tata Global Beverages, Godrej Consumer Products and Mcleod Russel.
Market breadth is positive, out of 2958 stocks traded on the BSE 1662 stocks are advancing while 1196 stocks are declining.
