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The BSE 30 share index- Sensex, which touched a high of 20,084 in morning trades, has slipped marginally and is currently at 19,989 up 136 points and Nifty is higher by 44 points at 6005. Some mild profit booking is visible in Auto, Power and Capital Goods stocks.

Meanwhile, Reliance Communication is the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, trading higher by 3% at Rs 141, followed by Wipro, ONGC, Sterlite Industries and ICICI Bank up more than 1.7% each. Hero Honda is the top loser on the Sensex trading at Rs 1833; the stock has shed 5% followed by NTPC, Jaiprakash Associates, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Power down more than 1% each.

The broader markets continue to outperform the benchmark indices. The Small-cap index is up more than 1.34% or 134 points at 10,185 and the mid-cap index is at 8068 higher by 84 points. The BSE 500 market breadth is also extremely positive as 375 scrips are advancing while 117 scrips are declining.

Gujarat Flurochemicals is the top mid-cap gainer trading higher by 16% at Rs 205 followed by ARSS Infra Projects, Dishman Pharma, Dewan Housing and Man Infra up more than 8% each. Among the small-cap stocks Mastek leads the rally up more than 15% at Rs 212, Goenka Diamond, Dunlop India, Resurgere Mines and Forbes & Co are the other gainers on the small-cap charts.

BSE Realty index leads the sectoral pack, up more than 1.5% at 3064 points, Oil & Gas index has added 146 points at 10,357 . BSE banking index- Bankex, IT and Metal indices are up more than 1%. At the same time Auto index is the top sectoral loser down 35 points at 10,256. Capital Goods and Power indices are trading are also in the red.

HDIL, D B Realty, Anant Raj Industries, Ackruti City and Orbit Corp are the gainers on the Realty index up more than 3.5% each.

On the economic front, the food inflation for the week ended 20 November came in at 8.6% versus 10.15% in the previous week.